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Virilizing adrenocortical carcinoma in a child: A rare enigma

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012
Adrenocortical carcinomas are rare tumors with an incidence of one to two cases per million population and are still more rarer in the pediatric age group.
Varuna Sipayya, Yogesh K Yadav, Rashmi Arora, Uma Sharma, Kusum Gupta   +4 more
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An Interesting Cause of Hyperandrogenemic Hirsutism

Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2014
Mild clinical signs of hyperandrogenism such as hirsutism may appear during the menopausal transition as part of the normal aging process, but the development of frank virilization suggests a specific source of androgen excess.
Murat Atmaca, İsmet Seven, Rıfkı Üçler, Murat Alay, Veysi Barut, Yaren Dirik, Yasin Sezgin   +6 more
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Clitoromegaly: principles of diagnostics and treatment

Акушерство, гинекология и репродукция, 2023
The literature review is dedicated to the topical subject in current endocrinology and gynecology – clitoromegaly. At present, clitoromegaly is considered as a symptom of an endocrinological disease associated with impaired testosterone or androgen ...
N. V. Ivanov, I. P. Serebryakova, N. V. Khudyakova, A. I. Fedorova   +3 more
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Identification of a Novel Mutation in an Iranian Family With 17-β Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 3 Deficiency: A Case Series

Journal of Pediatrics Review, 2022
Background: We presented the clinical and genetic features of a male ambiguity due to 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 (17B-HSD3) deficiency. Methods: The proposita was an 11-year-old girl and the first child of a consanguineous family.
Abolfazl Heidari, Ali Homaei, Fatemeh Saffari   +2 more
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Case Report: A Virilizing Adrenal Oncocytoma

Frontiers in Surgery, 2021
A 64-year-old female was admitted to our clinic with a 9-cm-sized adrenal mass. The patient's main symptom was hirsutism, which included thinning scalp hair and excessive hair growth over her torso and arms.
Efstathios Kotidis, Stefanos Bitsianis, Konstantinos Galanos-Demiris, Panagiotis Christidis, Ioannis Mantzoros, Orestis Ioannidis, Vasilis Foutsitzis, Manousos George Pramateftakis, Stamatios Aggelopoulos   +8 more
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Syphilis and ‘Sons of Empire’: The ‘Prostitute’ and Britain's Fighting Arm in Nineteenth ̵ Century Colonial Punjab

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
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All Gone to the Dogs: Peasant and Aristocratic Masculinities in a Late Medieval Swiss Revolt

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines chronicle accounts of the so‐called ‘Waldmann Affair’, a revolt within the territories of the city–state of Zurich in 1489 directed against its mayor, Hans Waldmann. The revolt was partly the consequence of failed economic and political reforms which put pressure on the countryside, but was provoked by the command issued ...
Jamie Page
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Pediatric adrenocortical tumor in a 17-month-old girl: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a rare case of virilization

Chronic Diseases Journal
BACKGROUND: Adrenocortical tumors (ACTs) are extremely uncommon in children. These tumors predominantly secrete hormones, leading to significant clinical manifestations, including peripheral precocious puberty and virilization.
Borhan Moradveisi, Mobin Azami, Jila Yousofi, Sepideh Haddadi   +3 more
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Gender and Obstetric Violence in Britain, ca. 1750–1830

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obstetric violence is a form of gendered violence experienced by pregnant and birthing people, particularly women, during medical care provided in the hospital, clinic or home. Recent scholarship has explored how obstetric violence and obstetric racism manifested historically, from post‐war Canada to colonial and postcolonial Mexico.
Paige Donaghy
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Gonadoblastoma with Dysgerminoma in a Virilized Adolescent with Karyotype 46,XX: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

JCRPE
Gonadoblastoma is a rare gonadal tumor composed of sex cord cells and primitive germ cells. While the majority of gonadoblastomas are found in individuals with 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis, they are also rarely seen in patients with a 46,XX karyotype.
Tugce Kandemir, Esin Karakilic Ozturan, Ozlem Dural, Ayca Dilruba Aslanger, Elif Inan Balci, Aysel Bayram, Semen Onder, Asli Derya Kardelen, Melek Yildiz, Sukran Poyrazoglu, Firdevs Bas, Feyza Darendeliler   +11 more
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