[Virilization caused by an ovarian tumor. Report of one case].
We report a 76-year-old woman with a virilization syndrome characterized by progressive androgenic alopecia, clitoris enlargement and hirsutism predominating in the face. Plasma testosterone was 711 ng/dl. Magnetic resonance imaging showed slightly enlarged ovaries with a cyst in the left. A bilateral oophorectomy was performed, demonstrating the presence of a Leydig cell hilar tumor in the right ovary. The patient had a good postoperative evolution with reduction of androgen levels and reversion of alopecia.
Departamento de Endocrinología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Patricio
P
Salman M
Mauricio
M
Cuello F
Marianne
M
Kolbach
Roger
R
Gejman
Eugenio
E
Arteaga U
D000368:Aged; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000150:complications*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D017698:Postmenopause; D014770:Virilism / Q000209:etiology*