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We report a case of a previously healthy premenopausal woman presenting with androgenic symptoms in the form of hirsutism and male pattern alopecia. On further testing, she was found to have high levels of luteinizing hormone and total testosterone levels, and imaging revealed a large pelvic abdominal mass in the right ovary. She underwent total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Microscopy and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of sertoliform endometrioid carcinoma. Her symptoms improved significantly on follow-up. Androgenic tumors might not be common in premenopausal women; however, it is important to maintain a high level of suspicion in patients presenting with virilizing symptoms especially of rapid progression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Learning points<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>Our 47-year-old patient presented with virilizing symptoms that were rapidly progressing, which raises the suspicion of an underlying androgen secreting neoplasm.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>Sertoliform endometrioid carcinoma (SEC) is an extremely rare variant of endometrioid carcinomas and tend to present at an earlier stage as compared to most endometrioid carcinomas of the ovary.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>Recognition of SEC in virilizing patients is important as it is a well-differentiated, low-grade malignancy with a good prognosis when confined to the ovary.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                    <\/jats:list>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1530\/edm-23-0046","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,28]],"date-time":"2023-09-28T05:13:28Z","timestamp":1695878008000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1530\/crossmarkpolicy-2","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Sertoliform endometrioid carcinoma of the right ovary"],"prefix":"10.1530","volume":"2023","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-8363-297X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mohammad","family":"Alali","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Kuwait Board of Internal Medicine, Kuwait City, Safat, Kuwait"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sulaiman","family":"Hajji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Adan Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8609-2190","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Khalid","family":"Aljenaee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Adan Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"416","reference":[{"key":"bib1","series-title":"Human Reproduction Update","first-page":"146","article-title":"Epidemiology, diagnosis and management of hirsutism: a consensus statement by the Androgen Excess and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society","volume":"18","author":"Escobar-Morreale","year":"2012","unstructured":"Escobar-Morreale HFCarmina EDewailly DGambineri AKelestimur FMoghetti PPugeat MQiao JWijeyaratne CNWitchel SF, Epidemiology, diagnosis and management of hirsutism: a consensus statement by the Androgen Excess and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society. 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