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Preferred term

Thecoma  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A gonadal stromal neoplasm composed only of THECA CELLS, occurring mostly in the postmenopausal OVARY. It is filled with lipid-containing spindle cells and produces ESTROGENS that can lead to ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; or other malignancies in postmenopausal women and sexual precocity in girls. When tumors containing theca cells also contain FIBROBLASTS, they are identified as thecoma-fibroma tumors with less active hormone production.

Entry terms

  • Theca Cell Tumor

In other languages

  • French

  • Tumeur à cellules thécales

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CL968BSR-B

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