A case report of a young girl with mucinous borderline tumor of the ovary.
10.5468/ogs.2016.59.4.333
- Author:
Hyun Mi LEE
1
;
Kyeong A SO
;
Mi Kyung KIM
;
Yoo Kyung LEE
;
In Ho LEE
;
Tae Jin KIM
;
Ki Heon LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 1103khl@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Adolescent;
Mucinous borderline tumor;
Ovarian neoplasms
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Female*;
Fertility;
Humans;
Incidence;
Mucins*;
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal;
Ovarian Neoplasms;
Ovary*;
Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors
- From:Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
2016;59(4):333-336
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
