A case report of an incidental Brenner tumor found after resection of a large ovarian mucinous neoplasm

Danielle Dougherty; Chibueze Onyemkpa; Michael Engel; Tolutope Oyasiji

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.05.007

A case report of an incidental Brenner tumor found after resection of a large ovarian mucinous neoplasm

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2018:49:40-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.05.007. Epub 2018 May 26.

Authors

Danielle Dougherty¹, Chibueze Onyemkpa², Michael Engel³, Tolutope Oyasiji⁴

Affiliations

¹ Michigan State University, Department of Surgery, 1200 East Michigan Ave., Suite 655, Lansing, MI 48912, United States. Electronic address: danielle.dougherty@hc.msu.edu.
² Michigan State University, Department of Surgery, 1200 East Michigan Ave., Suite 655, Lansing, MI 48912, United States.
³ McLaren Medical Group, 2487 North Elms Road, Flushing, MI 48433, United States.
⁴ Department of Surgical Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint, Wayne State University, 4100 Beecher Road, Flint, MI 48532, United States, & Department of Surgery, Michigan State University.

Abstract

Introduction: Brenner Tumors are rare adenofibromas that are most commonly benign and discovered in post-menopausal women.

Presentation of case: This is a case report of a 57-year-old female with three months of progressively worsening abdominal pain due to a large abdominal mass discovered on CT scan. Surgical removal of the mass revealed a giant mucinous tumor of the ovary with an associated Brenner tumor that was discovered incidentally.

Discussion: Although the Brenner tumor was accurately identified in the intraoperative frozen section evaluation, the mucinous tumor was underdiagnosed by frozen section as benign when permanent section revealed borderline mucinous cystadenoma. This finding did not change the treatment course for this particular patient as she had expressed personal preference for total abdominal hysterectomy. However, underdiagnosis of frozen sections of ovarian tumors is not rare. It is unclear whether an associated Brenner tumor increases malignancy potential.

Conclusion: Further investigation is required to determine whether associated Brenner tumors found during frozen section are more highly associated with malignancy and could therefore change intraoperative and overall decision making.

Keywords: Brenner tumor; Case report; Mucinous cystadenoma; Ovarian tumor.