Steroid cell tumour not otherwise specified during pregnancy: A case report and diagnostic work-up for virilisation in a pregnant patient

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-227

  Vulink, Annelie J E ^a   Vermes, Istvan ^a   Kuijper, Philip ^a   Ten Cate, Lambert Naudin ^b   Schutter, Eltjo M J ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Streeklaboratorium ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Steroid cell tumour not otherwise specified; Virilisation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CA 125 ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GONADAL DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CORD TUMOR; STEROID CELL TUMOR NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 1642422807     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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