A case of postmenopausal androgen excess.

Abstract

Ovarian steroid cell tumors are very rare but potentially life-threatening neoplasms. They represent less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors, typically present in premenopausal women and frequently manifest with virilization. Signs of hyperandrogenism may appear in postmenopausal women due to tumorοus and non-tumorοus adrenal and ovarian causes as well due to the normal aging process. In any case, steroid cell tumor should be suspected in postmenopausal women who present with rapid progressive androgen excess symptoms. This report describes a case of a 67-year-old postmenopausal woman with signs of hyperandrogenism, where an ovarian steroid cell tumor was diagnosed and treated by laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and synchronous hysterectomy.

• Authors: Irene Lambrinoudaki, Nikos Dafnios, Agathi Kondi-Pafiti, Nikos Triantafyllou, Evangelia Karopoulou, Anastasia Papageorgiou, Areti Augoulea, Eleni Armeni, Maria Creatsa, Nikolaos Vlahos
• Journal: Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (Gynecol Endocrinol) Vol. 31 Issue 10 Pg. 760-4 (Oct 2015) ISSN: 1473-0766 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 26287476 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Female
• Humans
• Hyperandrogenism (blood, etiology, surgery)
• Hysterectomy
• Ovarian Neoplasms (blood, complications, surgery)
• Ovariectomy
• Postmenopause (blood)
• Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors (blood, complications, surgery)
• Treatment Outcome