Thecoma

A gonadal stromal neoplasm composed only of THECA CELLS, occurring mostly in the postmenopausal OVARY. It is filled with lipid-containing spindle cells and produces ESTROGENS that can lead to ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; or other malignancies in postmenopausal women and sexual precocity in girls. When tumors containing theca cells also contain FIBROBLASTS, they are identified as thecoma-fibroma tumors with less active hormone production.

Also Known As:

Thecomas; Theca Cell Tumors; Tumor, Theca Cell; Tumors, Theca Cell; Theca Cell Tumor

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Neoplasms: 415397

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Neoplasms by Histologic Type: 1

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Gonadal Tissue Neoplasms

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Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors: 111

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Thecoma: 83

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Neoplasms by Site: 1

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Endocrine Gland Neoplasms: 37

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Ovarian Neoplasms: 13751

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Thecoma: 83

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Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications

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Female Urogenital Diseases

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Female Genital Diseases: 189

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Adnexal Diseases: 36

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Ovarian Diseases: 449

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Ovarian Neoplasms: 13751

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Thecoma: 83

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Urogenital Neoplasms: 178

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Female Genital Neoplasms: 71

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Ovarian Neoplasms: 13751

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Thecoma: 83

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Endocrine System Diseases: 398

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Endocrine Gland Neoplasms: 37

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Ovarian Neoplasms: 13751

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Thecoma: 83

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Gonadal Disorders: 19

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Ovarian Diseases: 449

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Ovarian Neoplasms: 13751

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Thecoma: 83

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