Endometrioid ovarian carcinoma in a premenarchal girl: report of a case.
In children and adolescents, ovarian neoplasms are predominantly germ cell and sex cord stromal tumors. Carcinomas are quite rare, and, in particular, endometrioid adenocarcinomas are extremely rare in this age group. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with FIGO stage I, grade I endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the ovary. To our knowledge this is the first report of an endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary occuring in the premenarchal age group and only the second case reported before age 15. Our patient has been treated by conservative surgery without postoperative chemotherapy. Menarche occured 3 months after surgery. Twelve months after surgery she is free of disease.
Fink
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Department of Pathology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
Plaxe
S C
SC
Brown
J F
JF
Baergen
R N
RN
D000293:Adolescent; D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery