Coincidental diagnosis of an occult hilar steroid cell tumor of the ovary and a cortisol-secreting adrenal adenoma in a 49-year-old woman with severe hyperandrogenism

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1504-1507

  Gorgojo, Juan José ^a   Almodóvar, Francisca ^a   López, Elena ^a   Vicente Del Cerro, Julian ^a   Tejerina, Eva ^a   Donnay, Sergio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenal adenoma; Catheterization of ovarian veins; Cortisol; Hilar steroid cell tumor; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; TUMOR MARKER;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERANDROGENISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OVARIAN VEIN; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0346850000     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.05.014     Document Type: Article

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