title: [Hyperandrogenic syndrome in a postmenopausal woman: a case report].
abstract: Hyperandrogenic syndromes include diseases that manifest through an increased biological activity of androgens and that can originate from neoplastic or functional diseases. Androgen-secreting ovarian tumors represent about 1% of ovarian neoplasias. Steroid cell tumors are among the more rare types which account for less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors. They are usually benign, of small dimensions and unilateral. We report here a rare case of a unilateral steroid cell tumor. A 60-year-old woman was seen after four months of evolution of hirsutism, clitoris hypertrophy and elevation of serum estradiol levels. Her total testosterone and 17-OH-progesterone levels were also increased.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora (MG), Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Polisseni
authors.forename: Homero
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gonçalves Júnior
authors.forename: Vicente Rozauro
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: Flávia Lopes
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: Betina Diniz
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Lins
authors.forename: Juliana Delgado
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Natháli A Barbosa
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Mattos
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017588:Hyperandrogenism / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017698:Postmenopause; D013577:Syndrome