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Publicado 2025
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Horseshoe lung is a rare congenital pulmonary malformation in which the postero basal regions of the right and left lungs are fused by a pulmonary band or isthmus, it is frequently associated with unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia, cardiac dextroposition and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; its prevalence is unknown. We present the case of a male fetus with a horseshoe lung, weighing 200 g, associated with anencephaly, cervical rachischisis, agenesis left kidney, anterior rotation right kidney and single umbilical artery. The mother was a 17-year-old secundary mother, with no prenatal care or significant medical history.
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The suggestive clinical characteristics of hyperandrogenism are very common problems in women and have been related with excessive androgen production from ovaries, suprarenal glands or both. The most common identifiable cause of androgen excess is the polycystic ovary syndrome. The virilizing tumors are rare. We report the case of a postmenopausal women with virilizing signs and a left anexial mass. Testosterone 4.3ng/mL (0.2-0.95); DHEAS 56ug/dL (35-430); androstenedione: 10ng/ml (0.4-2.7); Cortisol 16ug/dL. Testosterone post dexamethasone suppression test 3.5ng/mL. Ovarian steroid cell tumors secrete great quantities of testosterone or androstenedione and differ from Leydig cell tumors in that they lack crystals of Reinke. Usually, they are benign, but 20% of malignancy has been reported. They can produce different substances. The election treatment is oophorectomy. As in our p...