Hormonal aspects of virilizing ovarian tumors

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The author has studied four cases of masculinizing ovarian tumor; the age of the patients was between 25-35 years; all of them presented amenorrhea, acne, hirsutism and deepening of the voice, hypertrophy of the clitoris was present in two of the cases. The hormonal determinations revealed a normal...

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Autor: Guerra García, Roger
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2015
Institución:Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
Repositorio:Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia
Lenguaje:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/886
Enlace del recurso:http://51.222.106.123/index.php/RPGO/article/view/886
Nivel de acceso:acceso abierto
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Sumario:The author has studied four cases of masculinizing ovarian tumor; the age of the patients was between 25-35 years; all of them presented amenorrhea, acne, hirsutism and deepening of the voice, hypertrophy of the clitoris was present in two of the cases. The hormonal determinations revealed a normal excretion of the 17-Ketosteroids in three of them, and a slight increase in the remmanent; the urinary testosterone was increased in all the cases, reaching normal male levels in three of them. The author remarks the value of plasma and urinary testosterone determinations in the study of the virilizing ovarian tumors.
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