Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors: Pictorial Essay

Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Aug 24;12(9):2050. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12092050.

Abstract

Ovarian germ cell tumors of the ovary represent a histologically heterogenous group of tumors with a high incidence at reproductive age. Patients with this pathology are very often young women with amenorrhea. The aim of this article is to present a pictorial essay of this rare pathology and to promote a national tumor registry and protocol. The treatment is individualized according to age, and fertility-sparing surgery is the actual standard of surgical treatment for young patients in early stage of the disease.

Keywords: fertility sparing; ovarian germ cell tumors; ovarian malignancies; unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; young women.

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  • Review

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This research received no external funding.