title: Hypothyroidism and hyperlipidemia with a virilizing ovarian steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified.
abstract: 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.
authors: 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
authors: Horng-Jyh
authors: HJ
authors: Tsai
authors: Shu-Chen
authors: SC
authors: Chen
authors: Hsiao-Yun
authors: HY
authors: Wei
authors: Gin-Den
authors: GD
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone