Hyperandrogenism in a postmenopausal woman presenting with a metastatic ileum endocrine tumor

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 675-678

  Bachelot, Anne ^a   Meduri, Geri ^b   Baudin, Eric ^c   Kuttenn, Frédérique ^a   Touraine, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Endocrine tumor; Hyperandrogenism; Ovarian tumor; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ENZYME; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HIRSUTISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERANDROGENISM; ILEUM ENDOCRINE TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRILIZATION;

CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 1642312035     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.040     Document Type: Article

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