Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4128736 | Annales de Pathologie | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Malignant germ cell tumors of the ovary are rare representing 3% of all ovarian neoplasms. Hence, they are the most common ovarian malignancy in girls and young women and account for approximately two-thirds of the ovarian cancers that occur in the first two decades of life. Germ cell tumors constitute a heterogeneous group of tumors and are often mixed associating at least two different tumoral components. Exceptionally, sarcomatous areas can be found. We present a case of a 15-year old girl admitted for a voluminous left ovarian mass revealed by pelvic pain. Pathological examination of the dissected material revealed the tumor to be a mixed germ cell tumor (immature teratoma and yolk sac tumor) with rhabdomyosarcomatous component of embryonal type. Clinico-pathological characteristics of such ovarian tumors will be discussed with emphasis on diagnostic difficulties.
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Authors
Mériam Bel Haj Salah, Ehsen Ben Brahim, Yosra S.H. Zidi, Monia Tangour, Houda Kilani, Samia Chatti-Dey,