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A case of virilism associated with a suprarenal tumour: recovery after its removal.

Publication Details

Quart. J. Med., 18, 143-52. 1925 CE.

Records the first removal (by P. Sargent) of an adrenal cortical tumor. This was followed by disappearance of the heterosexual symptoms, thus establishing the relationship of sexual abnormality and adrenal tumors.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#3872
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4926
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External URLa-case-of-virilism-associated-with-a-suprarenal-tumour-recovery-after-its-removal