Androgenic adult granulosa cell tumor in a teenager: A case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 368-374

  Kabaca, C ^a,b   Karateke, A ^a   Gurbuz, A ^a   Cesur, S ^a  

^a Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult granulosa cell tumor; Androgenic; Children; Inhibin; Virilization

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN A; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR MARKER;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HIRSUTISM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENOLS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; INHIBINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645353346     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00513.x     Document Type: Review

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