Abstract

COLL BUJARDON, Diosdado; GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, Félix; LOPEZ LAMEZON, Sandra  and  GONZALEZ RIOS, Yisell. Adult granulosa cell tumor of ovary: a case presentation. AMC [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.5, pp.489-494. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: ovary granulosa cell tumors represent the 2 to 5 % of all ovary tumors. It produces steroid hormones with estrogenic or androgynous actions which makes easier its early diagnosis. Two histopathological subtypes are recognized: adult and juvenile. Objective: to describe the clinical manifestation and histopathological founds in a patient with a granulosa cell tumor. Clinical case: the case of a forty-nine-year-old patient, who clinically presented signs of progressively acquiring male characteristics, is presented. She was diagnosed a tumor in the right ovary by means of a transvaginal ultrasound and a computerized axial tomography. A surgical procedure and a biopsy were conducted; the results of the biopsy confirmed the presence of a granulosa cell tumor. Conclusions: tumors that produce estrogens are more frequently found and represent the three quarters of the granulosa tumors. Acquiring male characteristics by a granulosa cell tumor in postmenopausal women is infrequent; nevertheless, it was the histopathological diagnosis for this patient.

Keywords : GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR [pathology]; VIRILISM; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; ADULT; CASE REPORTS.

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