Meeting abstract
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-145-supl2-CR04
Ovarian thecoma in adolescent – a rare case of hirsutism
Nika Baldani
; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Gavrančić
Vita Jugovac
Lana Škrgatić
Abstract
The main goal of managing hirsutism in adolescent girls is to distinguish familial idiopathic hirsutism from endocrinological disorders such as PCOS and androgen-secreting tumors. The latter account for <0.02% cases and typically present with rapidly progressing hirsutism, virilization and elevation of serum androgens. Some rare benign ovarian tumors have a slow progression and long duration of symptoms before diagnosis. Ovarian thecomas typically occur in postmenopausal women but few cases have been reported in adolescence. Thecomas are almost always estrogenic; 10% of the luteinized forms are androgenic. They are usually clinically benign, although several have been reported malignant in literature.
Keywords
Adolescent; Hirsutism; Thecoma
Hrčak ID:
303042
URI
Publication date:
23.4.2023.
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