Korean J Obstet Gynecol.
2006 Apr;49(4):933-938.
Laparoscopic management of asymptomatic ovarian steroid cell tumors, not otherwise specified: A case report and literature review
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- 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yong Dong Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea. dr222@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yong Dong Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- The steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified, constitutes only 0.1% of ovarian malignancies and was asymptomatic in 3.3-25% In Korea, three reported cases of steroid cell tumors were endocrinologically symptomatic and were managed with laparotomy. However, there was no reports of such case without any endocrinologically symptoms. We present a 17 years old patient with huge pelvic mass that were managed with combined ultrasonographically guided drainage and laparoscopically excision and proven to be an asymptomatic steroid cell tumor of ovary, with brief review of literature.
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