Bilateral spontaneous pneumothoraces caused by metastatic ovarian granulosa cell tumor.
A case is presented of a woman with bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax and pulmonary metastases originating from an ovarian granulosa cell tumor. It is the first known case report of an association between these two entities described in the English literature.
Davidson
P G
PG
Department of Surgery, Staten Island Hospital, NY 10305.
McGinn
J T
JT
Goldberg
S L
SL
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*