Abstract
LIPOID cell tumors are rare ovarian neoplasms that often secrete androgens and manifest themselves with symptoms of virilization. For this reason, androgen secretion has been studied in several previous cases.1-6Cushingoid features have also been associated with a few of these patients,1,4,7,8but in only one was cortisol secretion by the tumor adequately documented.9This article describes a young woman with hirsutism and amenorrhea due to a lipoid cell tumor of the ovary and hypercortisolemia. Proof is provided that the ovarian lipoid cell tumor was the source of her hypercortisolism. Report of a Case A 20-year-old nulligravid woman was referred to the UCLA Gynecologic Endocrinology Clinic because of hirsutism and amenorrhea. Menarche occurred at the age of 12 years and was followed by irregular menses. At the age of 15 years, the patient was first seen for evaluation of hirsutism. At that time, her serum testosterone level
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