Diagnostic value of color Doppler ultrasound for cutaneous odontogenic sinus tract.

formed as part of a diagnosis of exclusion.7 Adnexectomy of just the affected ovary is an option in premenopausal women. The ovary to be removed is identified during surgery by measuring testosterone levels in the ovarian veins.8 Hyperandrogenism, particularly with signs of virilization, is very uncommon in postmenopausal women and tends to be due to tumors (mainly of ovarian or adrenal origin).9 Other causes that should be ruled out, however, are drugs, pituitary disorders, and the ectopic production of hormones by tumors. The severity of the hyperandrogenism, the patient’s age, and the speed with which signs and symptoms appear are all important diagnostic clues.