title: A case of ovarian Brenner tumor with stromal estrogenic activity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fukushima Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Munakata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azuma
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens