A steroid cell tumor outside the ovary is a rare cause of virilization.
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.
Smith
Diarmuid
D
Department of Investigative Endocrinology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Crotty
Tom B
TB
Murphy
John F
JF
Crofton
Mary Elizabeth
ME
Franks
Steve
S
McKenna
Terence Joseph
TJ
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*
D000728:Androgens