Steroid cell tumor of the ovary in a pregnant woman whose androgenic symptoms were masked by pregnancy.
BACKGROUND
Ovarian steroid cell tumors are very rare sex cord-stromal tumors, and most of them are unilateral and almost one-third of the cases are malignant.


METHODS
Here, we present a pregnant woman, who diagnosed with steroid cell tumor of the ovary and underwent surgical staging.


CONCLUSIONS
We will discuss the clinical presentation of the case, management options and follow-up strategies.
Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Hospital, Talatpasa Blv. Altindag, Ankara, Turkey, ozmurat@gmail.com.
Murat
M
Oz
Emre
E
Ozgü
Mengü
M
Türker
Salim
S
Erkaya
Tayfun
T
Güngör
D000328:Adult; D000728:Androgens / Q000097:blood*; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D018312:Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014770:Virilism
D000728:Androgens; D013739:Testosterone; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone