Obstet Gynecol Sci.  2016 Jul;59(4):333-336. 10.5468/ogs.2016.59.4.333.

A case report of a young girl with mucinous borderline tumor of the ovary

• Lee HM
• So KA
• Kim MK
• Lee YK
• Lee IH
• Kim TJ
• Lee KH

• KMID: 2329058
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2016.59.4.333

Abstract

Ovarian tumors are relatively rare in children and adolescent. The incidence of malignancies in these groups is 1% to 1.5%. The common histologic type is non-epithelial type such as germ cell tumors or sex cord-stromal tumors and only 10% to 17% of those are epithelial tumors. It is important to accurately diagnose in the early these rare tumors for proper staging and treatment to save the patient's life and fertility. We present a case of a 13-year-old girl with a giant ovarian mucinous borderline tumor.

Keyword

Adolescent; Mucinous borderline tumor; Ovarian neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Child
Female*
Fertility
Humans
Incidence
Mucins*
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Ovarian Neoplasms
Ovary*
Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors
Mucins

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Computed tomography images. (A) A large mass occupying almost the entire abdomen. (B) Marked ascites in the perihepatic and perisplenic spaces.

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  Fig. 2 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography image. (A) Large ovarian cystic mass without hypermetabolic activity. (B) No definite fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in intraperitoneal and pelvic organs.

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