Occult virilizing ovarian tumours in postmenopausal women: Problems in evaluation with reference to a case

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 712-716

  Loh, Keh Chuan ^b   Lo, J C ^c   Zaloudek, C J ^a   Fitzgerald, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hilus cell tumour; Hyperandrogenism; Leydig cell tumour; Management; Oophorectomy; Virilizing neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; VIRILISM;

EID: 0032152327     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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