Hypothyroidism and hyperlipidemia with a virilizing ovarian steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified.
Steroid cell tumors, not otherwise specified, are rare ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors with malignant potential. The majority of these tumors produce steroids, with testosterone being the most common. A 44-year-old woman with hypothyroidism and hyperlipidemia presented with abrupt onset of oligomenorrhea, progressive virilization as acne, hirsutism and clitoromegaly, and a non-palpable pelvic mass. The preoperatively elevated serum testosterone level returned to normal after salpingo-oophorectomy, and then menstrual flow became regular.
Tsai
Horng-Jyh
HJ
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chung-Shan Medical University and Hospital, 110 Section 1 Chien-Kuo North Road, Taichung, Taiwan 402. cshy076@csh.org.tw
Chen
Shu-Chen
SC
Wei
Hsiao-Yun
HY
Chen
Gin-Den
GD
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000209:etiology*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000209:etiology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D018312:Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D014770:Virilism / Q000209:etiology*
D013739:Testosterone