Articles with "virilisation" as a keyword



46, XY complete gonadal dysgenesis with pubertal virilisation due to dysgerminoma/gonadoblastoma

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Published in 2020 at "BMJ Case Reports"

DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-235501

Abstract: Complete gonadal dysgenesis (CGD) or Swyer syndrome is characterised by sexual infantilism in a phenotypic female with 46, XY karyotype. Patients with gonadal dysgenesis and Y-chromosome material are at a high risk of developing gonadoblastoma… read more here.

Keywords: virilisation; dysgerminoma gonadoblastoma; gonadal dysgenesis; complete gonadal ... See more keywords
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Ovarian steroid cell tumour inducing virilisation in a postmenopausal woman.

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Published in 2022 at "BMJ case reports"

DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-249907

Abstract: Hyperandrogenism with virilisation de novo in postmenopausal women is exceedingly rare, with aetiology oscillating between ovarian tumours, adrenal tumours, ovarian hyperthecosis and, less frequently, Cushing's syndrome. We report a case of a postmenopausal woman in… read more here.

Keywords: cell tumour; virilisation; steroid cell; postmenopausal woman ... See more keywords