arrhenoblastoma /ar·rhe·no·blas·to·ma/ (ah-re″no-blas-to´mah) a neoplasm of the ovary, sometimes causing defeminization and virilization.
arrhenoblastoma
arrhenoblastoma [ah-re″no-blas-to´mah]
arrhenoblastoma
ar·rhe·no·blas·to·ma ( r  -n -bl-st m, -r n-)n. An ovarian tumor that contains luteinized cells and immature testicular tubules and that may result in masculinization. |
arrhenoblastoma
[erē′nōblastō′mə]
Etymology: Gk, arrhen, male, blastos, germ, oma, tumor
an ovarian neoplasm whose cells mimic those in testicular tubules and secrete male sex hormone, causing virilization in females. Also called andreioma, andreoblastoma, androma, arrhenoma, Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor.
arrhenoblastoma [ah-re″no-blas-to´mah]
a rare ovarian tumor that secretes male hormones and causes virilization.
arrhenoblastoma
a rare ovarian stromal tumor that sometimes causes virilization.
arrhenoblastoma
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor
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