Extraovarian sex cord-stromal tumor: case report and review of the literature

Int J Gynecol Pathol. 1997 Apr;16(2):180-5. doi: 10.1097/00004347-199704000-00017.

Abstract

A 45-year-old woman was found at laparotomy to have a multinodular solid tumor within the broad ligament, which was removed by total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Both ovaries were unremarkable. Three years after the operation, retroperitoneal tumor was detected, which was associated with clinical evidence of estrogen production. Histological examination of the primary and retroperitoneal tumors showed histological features that resembled those of granulosa cell tumors. Previously reported sex cord-stromal tumors arising in extraovarian sites were reviewed with respect to the histogenesis of these tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cell Nucleus / pathology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitochondria / pathology
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Recurrence
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / diagnosis*
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / pathology
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / surgery