A rare cause of virilization; Ovarian steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified (NOS) | Zendy

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A rare cause of virilization; Ovarian steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified (NOS)

Author(s) -

Nicel Taşdemir,

Cem Çeli̇k,

Remzi Abalı,

Erson Aksu,

Meltem Öznur,

Murat Yılmaz

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of the turkish-german gynecological association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.346

H-Index - 16

eISSN - 1309-0399

pISSN - 1309-0380

DOI - 10.5152/jtgga.2012.45

Subject(s) - virilization , hirsutism , ovary , medicine , stromal cell , serous fluid , endocrinology , androgen , hormone , insulin resistance , polycystic ovary , insulin

Sex cord-stromal tumors account for 5% of ovarian tumors and 2% of malignant ovarian tumors. Steroid cell tumors (SCT), not otherwise specified (NOS), are rare sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary and account for less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors. We report a rare case of a post-menopausal woman presented with hirsutism, virilism and with findings of hyperestrogenism.

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