Ovarian Stromal Hyperplasia: A Rare Cause of Postmenopausal Hyperandrogenism

Sclerosing Stromal Tumor: A Rare Ovarian Neoplasm

Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors are relatively infrequent neoplasms that account for approximately 8% of all primary ovarian neoplasm. Sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary include granulosa cell tumors, fibrothecomas, Sertoli-Leydigcell tumors, steroid cell tumors, and sclerosing stromal tumors (SST). Sclerosing stromal tumors account for 2% to 6% of ovarian stromal tumors. Despite the rarity o...

Pseudoangiomatous Stromal Hyperplasia: A Rare Cause of Idiopathic Gigantomastia

Gigantomastia remains a rare clinical diagnosis with significant physical and psychological impacts on patients. We present the case of a 40-year-old woman with idiopathic breast enlargement. Further histological analysis of the breast tissue revealed pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia. This is the first reported case of diffuse breast enlargement resulting from pseudoangiomatous stromal hyp...

Pseudoangiomatous Stromal Hyperplasia: A Rare Cause of Idiopathic Gigantomastia

W e read with interest Roy et al's 1 case report of a patient with pseudoangiomatous stro-mal hyperplasia (PASH) causing gigantomastia. We report a similar case in a 29-year-old woman with rapidly progressing macromastia (Fig. 1), who also complained of cyclical breast swelling and multiple palpable breast masses, with biopsy proven PASH. Although we commend the aesthetic result achieved by Roy...

Bilateral ovarian capillary hemangioma with stromal luteinization and hyperandrogenism.

A 77-year-old female presented to the outpatient clinic with a six-month history of left lower quadrant abdominal fullness and pressure. Serum levels included free testosterone 3.8 pg/mL (normal 0-1.8 pg/mL) and testosterone 259 ng/dL (normal 3-41 ng/dL). Magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis showed bilateral small ovarian cystic masses with marked, progressive enhancement, and restriction o...

leech bite: a rare cause of postmenopausal vaginal bleeding