Ascites and elevated androgen level in a pregnant patient with an ovarian sclerosing stromal tumor.
We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with an androgen-producing sclerosing stromal tumor found during the eighth week of gestation in association with ascites and elevated serum androgen and cancer antigen (CA)-125 levels. The combined features of ascites, elevated serum androgen and elevated CA-125 in association with this rare type of ovarian tumor is unusual. Surgical removal of the tumor resulted in relief of symptoms, resolution of ascites, and decreases in serum androgen and CA-125 levels. The pregnancy was uneventful.
Huang
Soon-Cen
SC
Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan.
Chen
Hsiang-Chun
HC
Chang
Kong-Chao
KC
Chou
Cheng-Yang
CY
D000328:Adult; D000728:Androgens / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D018312:Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery
D000728:Androgens; D018394:CA-125 Antigen