Postmenopausal diagnosis of testicular feminization.
A case of testicular feminization diagnosed in a postmenopausal 67-year-old woman who had a pelvic mass, absent uterus, and a markedly elevated serum testosterone level is described. After the surgical extirpation of the patient's gonads, including a 15-cm Sertoli cell adenoma, the serum testosterone level normalized.
Lentz
S S
SS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
Cappellari
J O
JO
D000368:Aged; D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D017698:Postmenopause; D012707:Sertoli Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology*