Combined Adrenal and Ovarian Venous Sampling to Localize an Androgen Producing Tumor

A postmenopausal woman presented with hirsutism and elevated serum testosterone levels. A 1-cm adrenal adenoma was noted on computed tomography. Combined adrenal and ovarian venous sampling was performed to localize an androgen producing tumor to the left ovary. The patient underwent a bilateral sal...

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Published inCardiovascular and interventional radiology Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 1266 - 1269
Main Authors Agarwal, Monica D., Trerotola, Scott O.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer-Verlag 01.12.2010
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
ADENOMAS
Adrenal Glands - blood supply
ADRENALECTOMY
Adrenocortical Adenoma - diagnostic imaging
ANDROGENS
ANDROSTANES
BODY
CARCINOMAS
Cardiology
Case Report
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
Female
FEMALE GENITALS
GONADS
Hirsutism - blood
Hirsutism - etiology
HORMONES
Humans
Hydrocortisone - blood
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
Imaging
KETONES
MEDICINE
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
NEOPLASMS
Nuclear Medicine
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
Ovarian Neoplasms - blood
Ovarian Neoplasms - surgery
OVARIES
Ovary - blood supply
Radiology
RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
SAMPLING
STEROID HORMONES
STEROIDS
SURGERY
TESTOSTERONE
Testosterone - blood
TOMOGRAPHY
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasound
Veins
Adrenal adenoma
Adrenal venous sampling
Ovarian venous sampling
Androgen producing tumor
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Summary:A postmenopausal woman presented with hirsutism and elevated serum testosterone levels. A 1-cm adrenal adenoma was noted on computed tomography. Combined adrenal and ovarian venous sampling was performed to localize an androgen producing tumor to the left ovary. The patient underwent a bilateral salpingo-oophrectomy and was spared an unnecessary adrenalectomy.
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ISSN:0174-1551
1432-086X
DOI:10.1007/s00270-009-9689-1