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Ovary tumor by Sertoli-Leydig cells - A case report and review of the literature Tumor de células de Sertoli-Leydig do ovário - Apresentação de um caso e revisão da literatura Eliana M. Monteiro Caran, Maria de Fátima Valente Rizzo, Maria Tereza Seixas, Antonio Sérgio Petrilli
Abstract
The authors report a case of a Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor (SLCT), stage Ia, in
the right ovary of a 10-year-old girl. The initial clinical manifestations were
pain and abdominal distention. A physical examination revealed a large abdominal
tumor located in the central region of abdomen. She didn't show signs of
virilization. Manifestations of precocious puberty were not noticed. Laparotomy
was performed, a right salpingo- oophorectomy with incision biopsy of the left
ovary was carried out.
Histopathologically, it was a well differentiated tumor without heterologous
elements. The patient has been free of disease for 34 months, now. We think this
case is the first report in the Brazilian medical literature index of SLCT in a
child younger than 10 years of age.
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Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia - Volume 44 n°4 Out/Nov/Dez 1998