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LETTER TO THE EDITOR—BRIEF COMMUNICATION| Volume 116, ISSUE 1, P113-116, September 10, 2004

Sertoli–Leydig cell androgens–estrogens secreting tumor of the ovary: ultra-conservative surgery

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