Successful term pregnancies after laparoscopic excision of poorly differentiated Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary.
10.3802/jgo.2012.23.3.201
- Author:
Vaidyanathan GOWRI
1
;
Sreedharan V KOLIYADAN
;
Aisha AL HAMDANI
;
Nayil AL KINDY
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. gowri@squ.edu.om
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Laparoscopy;
Malignancy;
Pregnancy;
Sex-cord stromal tumor
- MeSH:
Accounting;
Female;
Humans;
Infertility;
Laparoscopy;
Ovary;
Pregnancy;
Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor;
Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors;
Testosterone;
Virilism
- From:Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
2012;23(3):201-204
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors are rare sex cord-stromal tumors, accounting for less than 1% of ovarian tumors. Majority of these tumors are benign and unilateral, only 3-5% are bilateral. These patients present with clinical features of virilization due to excessive secretion of testosterone from the tumor, however 50% may have no endocrine symptoms. We report a case of poorly differentiated Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour in a woman diagnosed during routine investigation of infertility. She had two spontaneous successful pregnancies after tumor excision laparoscopically.
