Unicystic Granulosa Cell Tumor

Unicystic Granulosa Cell Tumor

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Granulosa cell tumors are the most frequent sex cord stromal tumor and account for approxim...

Progesterone Producing Granulosa Cell Tumor: a Case Report

The granulosa cell tumor is the most common malignant functioning tumor of the ovary. When functional, granulosa tumor almost always are estrogenic although rare tumors are androgenic. Progesterone producing by these tumors has only been reported twice. We report a case of granulosa cell tumor in a 7 years old girl with precocious puberty who represent the first case of progesterone producing b...

[Granulosa cell tumor and pregnancy].

Ovary tumor and pregnancy is a rare and serious condition with an unexpected outcome as it can interfere with the course of pregnancy. The authors report a case of a large juvenile granulosa cell tumor diagnosed at 33 weeks of pregnancy during a routine ultrasonographic examination. Pain, nausea and vomiting at the 35th week brought the suspicion of torsion.

Early Puberty Due to Ovarian Granulosa Tumor

A 7½-year-old girl is reported showing pre­cocious puberty and large abdominal mass for a year. The right ovarial cyst removed by surgery revealed histopathologically a granu­losa cell tumor. After removal of the tumor the estrogens were still increased and the signs of puberty showed no regression. This seems to be due to the hormonal activity of the metas­tases. Liver metastasis was present a...

Granulosa cell tumor in a mare.