Sertoli Leyding Cell Ovarian Tumor in a Patient with Hirsutism

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 13 - 16, 23.06.2020

Uğur Ergün , Mustafa Eroğlu

https://doi.org/10.33716/bmedj.702430

Abstract

Hyperandrogenism is a condition of androgen excess that causes symptoms such as hirsutism, acne and alopecia in women. Hirsutism is the increase of male pattern hair growth in androgen sensitive areas in women. There are many causes of hyperandrogenism. Androgen-secreting ovarian and adrenal tumors are among the rare causes of hyperandrogenism. Ovarian or adrenal-induced tumors should be considered especially in cases where the clinical picture progresses rapidly and the levels of androgen accompanied by virilization are very high. A rare cause of hyperandrogenism after bilateral oophorectomy was diagnosed with sertoli leyding cell ovarian tumor in a postmenopausal female patient with isolated total testosterone level of 4.15 ng / mL and no lesion was detected on imaging.

Keywords

Hirsutism, testosterone, ovarian tumor, postmenopausal

Hirsutizmli Hastada Sertoli Leyding Hücreli Over Tümörü

Abstract

Hiperandrojenizm; kadınlarda hirsutizm, akne, alopesi gibi belirtilere neden olan androjen fazlalığı durumudur. Hirsutizm ise kadınlarda androjene duyarlı bölgelerde erkek tipi kıllanma artışıdır. Hiperandrojenizmin birçok nedeni bulunmaktadır. Androjen salgılayan over ve adrenal tümörler hiperandrojenizmin nadir görülen nedenlerindendir. Özellikle klinik tablonun hızlı ilerlediği, virilizasyon bulgularının eşlik ettiği androjen düzeylerinin çok yüksek olduğu olgularda over ya da adrenal kaynaklı tümörler akla gelmelidir. İzole total testosteron düzeyi 4,15 ng/mL olan ve görüntülemede lezyon saptanmayan postmenopozal kadın hastada bilateral ooforektomi sonrası hiperandrojenizmin nadir bir nedeni sertoli leyding hücreli over tümör tanısı konuldu.

Keywords

Hirsutizim, testosteron, over tümörü, postmenopozal

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