lipoid cell tumor of ovary

lipoid cell tumor of ovary
a rare, usually benign, ovarian tumor composed of eosinophilic cells or cells with lipoid vacuoles, arising from ovarian cells or embryonic rest cells of the adrenals; it causes masculinization. Called also adrenal rest t.

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