Background: Although most postmenopausal women diagnosed with endometrial cancer usually present with vaginal bleeding, when complete cervical stenosis is present, this sign may be missing. In these cases, the patient usually complaints for pelvic or abdominal pain while the transvaginal ultrasonography might reveal the presence of an intrauterine fluid collection in association with a thickened endometrial lining.
Case Report: We present the case of a 65-year-old patient who presented with association of pelvic pain, enlarged uterine cavity with an underlying hematometra and an irregular, thickened endometrium who was submitted to surgery for total histerectomy, bilateral adnexectomy, pelvic and para-aortic lymph node dissection.
We present a case of a Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour manifested with progressive hirsutism, frontal alopecia and secondary amenorrhea in a 46-years-old female, evolving for 6 years until presentation. Serum testosterone level was 8.01 ng/ml and gonadotropic hormones were LH 8.
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