title: Steroid cell tumour not otherwise specified during pregnancy: a case report and diagnostic work-up for virilisation in a pregnant patient.
abstract: Steroid cell tumours not otherwise specified are rare ovarian tumours, which can cause foetal and maternal virilisation. This is the first case report that describes a steroid cell tumour not otherwise specified during pregnancy. Differential diagnosis, a diagnostic work-up and treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, PO Box 50000, Enschede, KA 7500, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Annelie J E
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Vulink
authors.forename: Istvan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vermes
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuijper
authors.forename: Lambert Naudin
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: ten Cate
authors.forename: Eltjo M J
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Schutter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008423:Maternal Age; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D018312:Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013256:Steroids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014770:Virilism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids