Bilateral granulosa cell tumor in a patient with blepharophimosis syndrome.
Blepharophimosis syndrome is a rare, autosominal, dominant ocular disorder and has been reported to be associated with ovarian dysfunction and premature menopause. We report a case of bilateral granulosa cell tumor associated with blepharophimosis syndrome. The combination of the long-term hypergonadotrophism and oocyte depletion associated with blepharophimosis syndrome may have contributed to the pathogenesis of the granulosa cell tumors. In female patients with blepharophimosis syndrome, close gynecologic surveillance should be instituted.
D000368:Aged; D016569:Blepharophimosis; D005260:Female; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome