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A hidden cause of virilization in postmenopausal women
Una causa oculta de virilización en mujeres postmenopaúsicas
Maria D. Ballesteros-Pomar
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, Alfonso Vidal-Casariego
Sección de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Spain
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Plasma ACTH and cortisol&#44; and urinary free cortisol were increased&#46; Hormonal assessment is summarized in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#46; Very high testosterone&#44; slightly high androstenedione &#40;4&#46;59<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;mL&#44; normal 0&#46;3&#8211;3&#46;5&#41; but normal dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate &#40;DHEAS&#41; levels &#40;1&#46;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mcg&#47;mL&#44; normal 0&#46;35&#8211;4&#46;3&#41; were detected&#46; FSH and LH levels were 27&#46;4 and 13&#46;4<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>U&#47;L respectively &#40;normal range for postmenopause 20&#8211;100<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>IU&#47;L&#41;&#46; Dexamethasone suppression tests &#40;1 and 8<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#41; were diagnostic of Cushing&#39;s disease&#59; magnetic resonance imaging &#40;MRI&#41; revealed a 7<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm microadenoma in the right lateral margin of the pituitary gland&#44; which was resected by transsphenoidal surgery&#46; One month after surgery&#44; she complained of no improvement of her symptoms&#46; Remarkably high testosterone levels&#44; slightly elevated androstenedione &#40;3&#46;89<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;mL&#41; but normal DHEA-S &#40;2&#46;15<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mcg&#47;mL&#41; were found &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46; These findings could indicate either an ovarian origin of hyperandrogenism or persistence of Cushing&#39;s disease&#46; Although other diagnoses&#44; such as ovarian hyperthecosis&#44; could not be excluded&#44; the rapid onset and very high levels of androgens suggested an ovarian tumor&#46; Pituitary MRI could match with either tumor persistence or postsurgical changes&#59; neck&#44; thorax and abdominal CT scan and pelvic transvaginal ultrasound failed to find any mass&#46; Bilateral laparoscopic oophorectomy was performed&#46; A pure Leydig cell tumor of 12<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm was found on histological examination of the left ovary&#46; Alpha-inhibin immunohistochemical staining was found to be positive&#46; Total and free testosterone levels returned to the normal range &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#44; and the patient referred improvement in her voice&#44; hair loss&#44; acne and hirsutism&#44; together with development of hot flushes&#46; As hormonal findings suggested persistent Cushing&#39;s disease&#44; MRI was performed showing a focal area of low intensity signal on non-contrast T1 suggesting a remaining microadenoma&#46; Some months later the patient finally agreed to a new transsphenoidal pituitary surgery&#59; unfortunately&#44; the adenoma was not found and hypercortisolism persisted &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46; A new MRI revealed a 3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm microadenoma in the posterolateral right area of the pituitary&#59; Gamma Knife radiosurgery was then delivered&#44; with a maximum irradiation dose of 33&#46;33<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>Gy&#46; Along the following months the patient lost 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>kg&#44; her general condition improved and hormonal levels finally normalized &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The second patient was a 60-year-old woman referred to the Endocrinology clinic due to 5-year complaints of male pattern alopecia&#44; hirsutism and deepened voice&#46; Hormonal evaluation showed increased total &#40;8&#46;58 and 4&#46;86<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;mL&#41; and free testosterone levels &#40;16 and 13&#46;7<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;mL&#41;&#59; gonadotropin levels were low for postmenopausal state &#40;luteinizing hormone 2&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>IU&#47;l&#44; follicle-stimulating hormone 3&#46;84<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>IU&#47;l&#41;&#46; Other androgens remained within the normal range&#58; androstenedione 2&#46;92<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;mL&#44; DHEAS 0&#46;81<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mcg&#47;mL&#46; A CT scan and transvaginal ultrasound revealed no enlargement or mass in abdomen or pelvis&#46; Considering the differential diagnosis of ovarian hyperthecosis vs ovarian tumor both ovaries were removed&#46; A Leydig cell tumor of 15<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm was found in the right ovary&#44; with positive staining for alpha-inhibin&#46; After surgery&#44; free and total testosterone levels fell to 0&#46;7<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;mL and 0&#46;22<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;mL&#46; The physical changes gradually reversed and she suffered hot flushes&#46;</p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Virilizing ovarian tumors are an unusual cause of hyperandrogenism&#59; however&#44; rapidly worsening signs of virilization in a postmenopausal woman should prompt an urgent diagnostic work-up for an androgen-secreting tumor&#46; Peripheral total testosterone higher than 2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;mL &#40;&#62;7<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>nmol&#47;l&#41;&#44; or 3&#8211;4 times higher than the upper limit of normal range may be a cut-off level for ovarian neoplasm suspicion&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> One study has shown that testosterone level &#62;8&#46;67<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>nmol&#47;l &#40;2&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ng&#47;mL&#41; had 100&#37; sensitivity for ovarian neoplasm&#44; together with 98&#37; specificity&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> Our initial differential diagnosis also considered stromal hyperthecosis&#46; Pure Leydig cell tumors typically occur in postmenopausal women&#44; with hirsutism or virilization in 75&#37; of cases&#46; These tumors are typically small at presentation&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> so imaging studies are often not useful for the diagnosis&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> as happened in our cases&#46; Less than 150 cases have been reported to date&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;5</span></a></p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In our first case&#44; differential diagnosis of hyperandrogenism was particularly challenging&#44; as our patient also suffered from Cushing&#39;s disease with an awkward evolution&#46; However&#44; as adrenal glands produce up to 95&#37; of DHEA-S&#44; its normal levels ruled out an adrenal origin of hyperandrogenism&#44; while high testosterone levels indicated a virilizing ovarian tumor&#46; Coexistent adrenal and ovarian hyperandrogenism has been reported in other unusual settings&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> Rare steroid cell ovarian tumors of adrenocortical type have also been reported to result in cortisol co-secretion&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> Ovarian tumors may also be associated with Cushing&#39;s syndrome due to ectopic secretion of ACTH or corticotropin-releasing factor &#40;CRF&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;10</span></a> Our patient showed an ACTH-dependent Cushing&#39;s syndrome&#44; which ruled out the possibility of cortisol co-secretion&#46; Besides&#44; hyperandrogenism disappeared after tumor removal&#44; while Cushing&#39;s disease persisted&#59; therefore&#44; an ectopic source of ACTH secretion could also be ruled out&#46;</p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In conclusion&#44; screening for virilizing ovarian tumors is mandatory in rapidly progressive virilization&#44; with elevated testosterone levels&#44; after ruling out other more frequent causes&#46; In the unusual situation of coexisting hypercortisolism&#44; DHEA-S can be useful for differential diagnosis&#44; as normal levels are found when the androgen source is ovarian&#46; Normal imaging does not rule out virilizing ovarian tumors&#46;</p></span>"
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