Selective ovarian vein sampling can be crucial to localize a Leydig cell tumor: An unusual case in a postmenopausal woman

Maturitas

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-280

  Ozgun, Mahmut Tuncay ^a   Batukan, Cem ^a   Turkyilmaz, Cagdas ^a   Dolanbay, Mehmet ^a   Mavili, Ertugrul ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leydig cell tumor; Postmenopause; Selective ovarian venous hormonal sampling; Virilization

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; OVARIAN VEIN; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; TESTOSTERONE; VEINS;

EID: 56949086261     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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