A case of ovarian Brenner tumor with stromal estrogenic activity.
An 88-year-old menopausal Japanese female suffering from atypical genital bleeding received a left oophorectomy for a tumor of the left ovary. A vaginal smear before removal of the tumor revealed high estrogenic activity. The patient's ovarian tumor was a benign Brenner tumor and contained theca-like cells in its stroma. The pathological findings relating to these theca-like cells suggested their estrogenic activity, and a vaginal smear after removal of the tumor revealed that estrogenic activity had disappeared.
Morimura
Y
Y
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fukushima Medical College, Japan.
Ohishi
M
M
Hoshi
K
K
Sato
A
A
Munakata
S
S
Azuma
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001948:Brenner Tumor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology; D017154:Stromal Cells
D004967:Estrogens