Hiperandrogenismo avanzado en una mujer postmenopáusica: Caso clínico

• Patricio Salman M ^[1] ; Mauricio Cuello F ^[1] ; Marianne Kolbach ^[1] ; Roger Gejman ^[1] ; Eugenio Arteaga U ^[1]
  1. [1] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 139, Nº. 8, 2011, págs. 1066-1070
• Idioma: español
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  • We report a 76-year-old woman with a virilization syndrome characterized by progressive androgenic alopecia, clitoris enlargement and hirsutism predominating in the face. Plasma testosterone was 711 ng/dl. Magnetic resonance imaging showed slightly enlarged ovaries with a cyst in the left. A bilateral oophorectomy was performed, demonstrating the presence of a Leydig cell hilar tumor in the right ovary. The patient had a good postoperative evolution with reduction of androgen levels and reversion of alopecia.