Carcinoma suprarrenal productor de testosterona: 2 casos clínicos / Testosterone producing adrenal carcinoma: 2 clinical cases

RESUMO

We report 2 women aged 48 and 65 years old with hirsutism and a painful abdominal mass. Laboratory assessment showed serum testosterone levels of 500 and 321 ng/dl (normal values below 110 ng/ml). Abdominal CAT scans showed an adrenal mass in both patients. The younger woman was subjected to a surgical resection, the tumor relapsed 2 years later and the patient died. The other woman died during the first hospitalization. Adrenal tumors infrequently secrete testosterone as described in these 2 patients