Steroid cell tumors, not otherwise specified (NOS), in an accessory ovary: a case report and literature review.
BACKGROUND
Accessory ovaries are uncommon congenital abnormalities of the female reproductive tract. Steroid cell tumors at accessory ovaries are proportionately even rare.


METHODS
This 30-year-old woman had an accessory ovarian tumor attached to the infundibulum of the right fallopian tube which was solid and gross pathologically and microscopically showed the appearances of steroid cell tumor, NOS, a benign entity.


CONCLUSIONS
We report the first case of an accessory ovarian steroid cell tumor, NOS, which attached to the infundibulum of fallopian tube.
Liu
Ai-Xia
AX
Department of Gynecology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
Sun
Jin
J
Shao
Wen-Qun
WQ
Jin
Hang-Mei
HM
Song
Wei-Qing
WQ
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D018312:Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / Q000473:pathology*