A rare cause of virilization; Ovarian steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified (NOS)
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Case Report
VOLUME: 13 ISSUE: 4
P: 275 - 277
December 2012

A rare cause of virilization; Ovarian steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified (NOS)

J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc 2012;13(4):275-277
1. Department Of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Namik Kemal University Faculty Of Medicine, Tekirdag, Turkey
2. Department Of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey
3. Department Of Pathology, Faculty Of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey
4. Department Of Endocrinology And Metabolism, Faculty Of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey
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Received Date: 01.04.2012
Accepted Date: 23.06.2012
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ABSTRACT

Sex cord–stromal tumors account for 5% of ovarian tumors and 2% of malignant ovarian tumors. Steroid cell tumors (SCT), not otherwise specified (NOS), are rare sex cord–stromal tumors of the ovary and account for less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors. We report a rare case of a postmenopausal woman presented with hirsutism, virilism and with findings of hyperestrogenism.

Keywords:
Hirsutism, steroid cell tumor, virilization, hyperandrogenism, sex cord-stromal tumor