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STEROID CELL TUMOR-NOS OF OVARY-A RARE CASE REPORT

Journal: University Journal of Surgery and Surgical Specialities (Vol.6, No. 2)

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Page : 120-122

Keywords : Steroid cell tumor; Testosterone; Hirsutism;

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Abstract

Steroid cell tumors constitute only 0.1 percent of all ovarian neoplasms. They are classified as stromal luteoma, Leydig cell tumor and steroid cell tumors not otherwise specified. The first two categories are usually benign but some in the third group are malignant .We hereby are reporting a case of Steroid cell tumor Not Otherwise Specified (benign) in a postmenopausal women with complaints of lower abdominal pain and excessive growth of hair over the chin and upperlip with mild elevation of serum Testosterone(total) levels.

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