Diagnosis of a small, androgenizing Brenner cell tumor in a postmenopausal woman aided laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 381-383

  Silva, Paul D ^a   Caplan, Robert H ^b   Virata, Rodelino L ^b  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brenner tumor; Laparoscopic surgical procedures; Ovarian neoplasms; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; BRENNER TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VIRILIZATION;

ANDROGENS; BRENNER TUMOR; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0037905062     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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