A Rare Presentation of Paraovarian Sclerosing Stromal Tumor with High Mitotic Activity

Sule Yesil; Hikmet Gulsah Tanyildiz; Nalan Akyurek; Ceyhun Bozkurt; Gurses Sahin

doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2015.08.007

A Rare Presentation of Paraovarian Sclerosing Stromal Tumor with High Mitotic Activity

J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2016 Feb;29(1):e13-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2015.08.007. Epub 2015 Aug 29.

Authors

Sule Yesil¹, Hikmet Gulsah Tanyildiz², Nalan Akyurek³, Ceyhun Bozkurt², Gurses Sahin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity, Children's Health and Disease Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity, Children's Health and Disease Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Department of Pathology, Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 26327562
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2015.08.007

Abstract

Background: Sclerosing stromal tumor is an extremely rare type of benign ovarian sex cord stromal tumor.

Case: The benign characteristic of this tumor is well known but we present an uncommon case of paraovarian sclerosing stromal tumor with high mitotic activity.

Results and conclusion: Despite this potential malignancy, our patient was treated successfully with enucleation only.

Keywords: High mitotic activity; Paraovarian mass; Sclerosing stromal tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology
Adolescent
Female
Humans
Mitosis*
Ovarian Neoplasms / complications
Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
Ovarian Neoplasms / physiopathology
Sclerosis
Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / complications
Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / pathology*
Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / physiopathology