An Interesting Cause of Hyperandrogenemic Hirsutism
Mild clinical signs of hyperandrogenism such as hirsutism may appear during the menopausal transition as part of the normal aging process, but the development of frank virilization suggests a specific source of androgen excess. We report a case of a 68-year-old woman with signs of virilization that...
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| description | Mild clinical signs of hyperandrogenism such as hirsutism may appear during the menopausal transition as part of the normal aging process, but the development of frank virilization suggests a specific source of androgen excess. We report a case of a 68-year-old woman with signs of virilization that had started 6 months before. Clinical analyses revealed high levels of serum testosterone for a postmenopausal woman. Pelvic MRI and abdomen CT showed no evidence of ovarian and adrenal tumor. Postmenopausal hyperandrogenism can be the result of numerous etiologies ranging from normal physiologic changes to ovarian or rarely adrenal tumors. Our patient was found to have iatrogenic hyperandrogenism. This condition is rarely reported cause of virilization. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7e9a52cd198d4de08c791881f72587db2025-08-20T02:08:57ZengWileyCase Reports in Endocrinology2090-65012090-651X2014-01-01201410.1155/2014/987272987272An Interesting Cause of Hyperandrogenemic HirsutismMurat Atmaca0İsmet Seven1Rıfkı Üçler2Murat Alay3Veysi Barut4Yaren Dirik5Yasin Sezgin6Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, 65100 Van, TurkeyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, 65100 Van, TurkeyDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, 65100 Van, TurkeyDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, 65100 Van, TurkeyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, 65100 Van, TurkeyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, 65100 Van, TurkeyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, 65100 Van, TurkeyMild clinical signs of hyperandrogenism such as hirsutism may appear during the menopausal transition as part of the normal aging process, but the development of frank virilization suggests a specific source of androgen excess. We report a case of a 68-year-old woman with signs of virilization that had started 6 months before. Clinical analyses revealed high levels of serum testosterone for a postmenopausal woman. Pelvic MRI and abdomen CT showed no evidence of ovarian and adrenal tumor. Postmenopausal hyperandrogenism can be the result of numerous etiologies ranging from normal physiologic changes to ovarian or rarely adrenal tumors. Our patient was found to have iatrogenic hyperandrogenism. This condition is rarely reported cause of virilization.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/987272 |
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