A case of postmenopausal androgen excess.
Ovarian steroid cell tumors are very rare but potentially life-threatening neoplasms. They represent less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors, typically present in premenopausal women and frequently manifest with virilization. Signs of hyperandrogenism may appear in postmenopausal women due to tumorοus and non-tumorοus adrenal and ovarian causes as well due to the normal aging process. In any case, steroid cell tumor should be suspected in postmenopausal women who present with rapid progressive androgen excess symptoms. This report describes a case of a 67-year-old postmenopausal woman with signs of hyperandrogenism, where an ovarian steroid cell tumor was diagnosed and treated by laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and synchronous hysterectomy.
a 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
Irene
I
Lambrinoudaki
b 2nd Department of Surgery , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aretaieio Hospital , Athens , Greece , and.
Nikos
N
Dafnios
a 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
Agathi
A
Kondi-Pafiti
c First Neurology Department , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aiginiteion Hospital , Athens , Greece.
Nikos
N
Triantafyllou
a 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
Evangelia
E
Karopoulou
a 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
Anastasia
A
Papageorgiou
a 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
Areti
A
Augoulea
a 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
Eleni
E
Armeni
a 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
Maria
M
Creatsa
a 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
Nikolaos
N
Vlahos
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017588:Hyperandrogenism / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000097:blood*; D018312:Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Androgen excess; ovarian tumor; postmenopause; salpingo-oophorectomy; virilization