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OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the different presentations of hyperandrogenism produced by ovarian tumors in women at different life stages DESIGN: case report. SETTING: academic institutions. PATIENT(S): 3 patients at different life stages, with increased androgen levels. INTERVENTION(S): review of hospital records. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): clinical and biochemical features, treatment and follow-up. RESULT(S): a 10 year-old girl with Leydig cell tumor presented with hyperandrogenemia, virilization and changes in social behavior. Another patient, at reproductive age, with a tumor>10 cm, presented with signs of virilization and abdominal mass, whose pathologic analysis disclosed a carcinoid tumor of the ovary associated with stromal hyperplasia. The third patient was a postmenopausal woman with severe alopecia, who presented a steroid cell tumor, rare at that age. CONCLUSION(S): the evaluation of women with signs and symptoms of virilization should include a detailed clinical record, thorough physical examination and an appropriate hormonal dosage, especially when images are inconclusive.
Objetivo: evaluar las diferentes manifestaciones del hiperandrogenismo tumoral de origen ovárico en distintos grupos etarios. Diseño: reporte de casos.Lugar de trabajo: centros académicos.Pacientes: son reportadas tres pacientes con exceso de andrógenos. Resultados: describimos una paciente de 10 años con hiperandrogenemia y signos de masculinización secundarios a un tumor de células de Leydig; otra paciente, en edad fértil, con un tumor carcinoide de ovario asociado a hiperplasia estromal que se manifestó con signos de masa abdominal y de virilización. El tercer caso una mujer, en etapa postmenopáusica con alopecia severa, tenía un tumor de células esteroideas, raro en este grupo etario. onclusión: la evaluación de una mujer con signos y síntomas de virilización debe incluir una detallada historia clínica, examen físico y apropiados dosajes hormonales, especialmente si existe dificultad en establecer su origen cuando los estudios imagenológicos son normales.
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Hiperandrogenismo/etiologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/complicações , Tumores do Estroma Gonadal e dos Cordões Sexuais/complicações , Adulto , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the different presentations of hyperandrogenism produced by ovarian tumors in women at different life stages DESIGN: case report. SETTING: academic institutions. PATIENT(S): 3 patients at different life stages, with increased androgen levels. INTERVENTION(S): review of hospital records. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): clinical and biochemical features, treatment and follow-up. RESULT(S): a 10 year-old girl with Leydig cell tumor presented with hyperandrogenemia, virilization and changes in social behavior. Another patient, at reproductive age, with a tumor>10 cm, presented with signs of virilization and abdominal mass, whose pathologic analysis disclosed a carcinoid tumor of the ovary associated with stromal hyperplasia. The third patient was a postmenopausal woman with severe alopecia, who presented a steroid cell tumor, rare at that age. CONCLUSION(S): the evaluation of women with signs and symptoms of virilization should include a detailed clinical record, thorough physical examination and an appropriate hormonal dosage, especially when images are inconclusive.
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OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the different presentations of hyperandrogenism produced by ovarian tumors in women at different life stages DESIGN: case report. SETTING: academic institutions. PATIENT(S): 3 patients at different life stages, with increased androgen levels. INTERVENTION(S): review of hospital records. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): clinical and biochemical features, treatment and follow-up. RESULT(S): a 10 year-old girl with Leydig cell tumor presented with hyperandrogenemia, virilization and changes in social behavior. Another patient, at reproductive age, with a tumor>10 cm, presented with signs of virilization and abdominal mass, whose pathologic analysis disclosed a carcinoid tumor of the ovary associated with stromal hyperplasia. The third patient was a postmenopausal woman with severe alopecia, who presented a steroid cell tumor, rare at that age. CONCLUSION(S): the evaluation of women with signs and symptoms of virilization should include a detailed clinical record, thorough physical examination and an appropriate hormonal dosage, especially when images are inconclusive.
