BIOSYNTHESIS OF TESTOSTERONE BY A STEIN-LEVENTHAL OVARY

Abstract
A Stein-Leventhal ovary from a 23-year-old virilized woman who was excreting a normal amount of 17-ketosteroids incubated with acetate-1-14C formed testosterone-14C. The possibility that certain types of hirsutism, end even virilism in women, may be due to a small increase in testosterone production insufficient to produce a significant increase in urinary 17-ketosteroids is discussed.