Article Menu

Export Article

More by Authors Links

Article Data

  • Views 499
  • Dowloads 113

Original Research

Open Access

Bilateral androblastoma (Sertoli-stromal cell tumor) of the ovary: a rare cause of virilization in a teenager

  • A. Warenik-Szymankiewicz1
  • R. SŁOPIEN´1,*,
  • M. Gaca2
  • H. Kędzia3
  • P. Kądziołka4
  • T. Opala4

1Department of Gynecological Endocrinology, University of Medical Sciences of Poznań, PL-60535 Poznan, Poland

2Department of Anesthesiology in Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Medical Sciences of Poznań, PL-60535 Poznan, Poland

3Department of Pathology University of Medical Sciences of PoznańPL-60535 Poznan, Poland

4Department of Mother’s and Child’s Health University of Medical Sciences of Poznań, Poland

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo201202217 Vol.33,Issue 2,March 2012 pp.217-218

Published: 10 March 2012

*Corresponding Author(s): R. SŁOPIEN´ E-mail: asrs@wp.pl

PDF (330.25 kB)

Abstract

A case of a 17-year-old patient diagnosed with bilateral androblastoma of the ovary is presented. The patient was admitted because of secondary amenorrhea, hirsutism and acne. After clinical, ultrasonographic and hormonal examinations an androgen-producing ovarian tumor was suspected and consequently laparotomy with right ovarian tumor excision and left ovary exploration was carried out. During surgery the right ovarian tumor was excised and exploration of the left ovary revealed an ovarian tumor with a diameter of 10 mm, which was then also excised. The pathologic diagnosis was a bilateral androblastoma of the ovary measuring 40 mm x 30 mm x 20 mm in the right ovary and 10 mm in diameter in the left ovary. We concluded that androblastomas, in spite of their low incidence, are a possibility that should always be considered in women of all ages presenting with signs of virilization.

Keywords

Androblastoma; Virilization; Teenager

Cite and Share

A. Warenik-Szymankiewicz,R. SŁOPIEN´,M. Gaca,H. Kędzia,P. Kądziołka,T. Opala. Bilateral androblastoma (Sertoli-stromal cell tumor) of the ovary: a rare cause of virilization in a teenager. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2012. 33(2);217-218.

URL:

https://www.ejgo.net/articles/10.12892/ejgo201202217

References

[1] Scully R.E.: “Tumors of the Ovary and Maldeveloped Gonads”. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 16, 2nd series, Washington DC 1979.

[2] Young R.H., Scully R.E.: “Ovarian Serotli-Leydig cell tumors. A clinicopathologic analysis of 207 cases”. Am. J. Surg. Pathol., 1985, 9, 543.

[3] Gerhenson D.M.: “Ovarian gern cell and stromal tumors”. In: Greer B.E., Berek J.S. (eds.): Gynecologic Oncology. Treatment Rationale and Techniques. New York, Elsevier, 1991, 167.

[4] Sanz O.A., Martinez P.R., Guarch R.T., Goni M.J.I., Alcazar J.L.Z.: “Bilateral Leydig cell tumour of the ovary: A rare cause of virilization in postmenopausal women”. Maturitas, 2007, 57, 214.

[5] Meldrum D.R., Abraham G.E.: “Peripheral and ovarian venous concentration of various steroid hormones in virilizing ovarian tumors”. Obstet. Gynecol., 1979, 53, 36.

[6] Munemura N., Nakamura T., Matsuura K., Maeyama M., Iwamasa T.: “Endocrine profile of an ovarian androblastoma”. Obstet. Gynecol., 1982, 15, 100S.

Abstracted / indexed in

Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch) Created as SCI in 1964, Science Citation Index Expanded now indexes over 9,500 of the world’s most impactful journals across 178 scientific disciplines. More than 53 million records and 1.18 billion cited references date back from 1900 to present.

Biological Abstracts Easily discover critical journal coverage of the life sciences with Biological Abstracts, produced by the Web of Science Group, with topics ranging from botany to microbiology to pharmacology. Including BIOSIS indexing and MeSH terms, specialized indexing in Biological Abstracts helps you to discover more accurate, context-sensitive results.

Google Scholar Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.

JournalSeek Genamics JournalSeek is the largest completely categorized database of freely available journal information available on the internet. The database presently contains 39226 titles. Journal information includes the description (aims and scope), journal abbreviation, journal homepage link, subject category and ISSN.

Current Contents - Clinical Medicine Current Contents - Clinical Medicine provides easy access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information and all other significant items in recently published issues from over 1,000 leading journals in clinical medicine.

BIOSIS Previews BIOSIS Previews is an English-language, bibliographic database service, with abstracts and citation indexing. It is part of Clarivate Analytics Web of Science suite. BIOSIS Previews indexes data from 1926 to the present.

Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition aims to evaluate a journal’s value from multiple perspectives including the journal impact factor, descriptive data about a journal’s open access content as well as contributing authors, and provide readers a transparent and publisher-neutral data & statistics information about the journal.

Submission Turnaround Time

Conferences

Top