title: A steroid cell tumor outside the ovary is a rare cause of virilization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the case of a female who presented in childhood with symptoms and signs of hyperandrogenism secondary to an extraovarian steroid cell tumor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Endocrine investigation unit of a university teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 11-year-old female presented with symptoms and signs of hyperandrogenism.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ultrasonography, MRI imaging, bilateral adrenal and ovarian venous sampling, laparoscopy, and laparotomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ultrasonography, laboratory tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hyperandrogenism was due to an extraovarian steroid cell tumor located in the broad ligament. The tumor was successfully removed at laparotomy with biochemical and clinical resolution of the hyperandrogenism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Extraovarian steroid cell tumor is a rare cause of hyperandrogenism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Investigative Endocrinology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Diarmuid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Tom B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Crotty
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Mary Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Crofton
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franks
authors.forename: Terence Joseph
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: McKenna
mesh_terms: D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism; D001956:Broad Ligament / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018309:Neoplasms, Gonadal Tissue / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D010053:Ovary; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D014770:Virilism / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens