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THE VALUE OF PLASMA TESTOSTERONE ESTIMATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VIRILIZING OVARIAN NEOPLASIA
Author(s) -
Hancock K. W.,
Levell M. J.,
Coulson A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb12932.x
Subject(s) - testosterone (patch) , ovary , abnormality , medicine , endocrinology , value (mathematics) , computer science , psychiatry , machine learning
Summary A case of hilar cell tumour of the ovary is described in which the ovaries were entirely normal in appearance and the only biochemical abnormality was elevation of the plasma testosterone level. The decision to proceed to operative treatment was made solely on the results of the biochemical investigations.