title: Sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary in a premenarchal female.
abstract: Sclerosing stromal tumor (SST) is a rare benign ovarian neoplasm of stromal origin with less than 100 cases reported in the literature. Unlike the other stromal tumors, thecomas and fibromas, which tend to occur in the fifth and sixth decades, sclerosing stromal tumors predominantly affect females in the second and third decades. Computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound findings have been described, but have not been reported previously in the pediatric literature. We present a case of SST of the ovary in a 10-year-old premenarchal female, the youngest patient to our knowledge reported in the literature, and describe the ultrasound and CT findings with pathologic correlation.
authors.affiliation: New York University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, 560 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. nfeff@aol.com
authors.forename: Nancy R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Fefferman
authors.forename: Lynne P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Pinkney
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Popiolek
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hummel-Levine
authors.forename: Jaqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cosme
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D036821:Endometrial Stromal Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009372:Neoplasms, Connective Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017697:Premenopause; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional