Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In post-menopausal women, the differential diagnosis of hirsutism caused by testosterone excess includes ovarian and adrenal sources. Bilateral ovarian hyperthecosis is a common cause of testosterone excess in post-menopausal women and the diagnosis is confirmed by histopathological examination of the ovaries. Adrenal tumors causing testosterone excess is exceedingly rare. In fact, most causes of hirsutism secondary to adrenal tumors is due to dehydroepiandroster...