title: Behaviour of some steroids in postmenopausal women with coelomic ovarian tumors.
abstract: In order to study the hormonal pattern in ten postmenopausal women with coelomic ovarian tumors we measured Estrone, Androstenedione, DHEA-S and Testosterone plasmatic levels before and after surgery. Estrone and Androstenedione plasmatic levels were significantly higher in patients with coelomic ovarian tumors than in the control group and they showed a rapid and constant decrease after surgery. Nevertheless we didn't find any ovarian histological picture to explain the hormonal increase.
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000378:metabolism; D000735:Androstenedione / Q000097:blood*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; D004970:Estrone / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D004970:Estrone; D013739:Testosterone; D000735:Androstenedione; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone; D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate