Acute abdomen due to rupture of Sertoli cell tumor.
OBJECTIVE
To present a rare case of Sertoli cell tumor that presents with acute abdomen.


METHODS
A 28-year-old patient with symptoms of acute abdomen has presented to our emergency department. Her examinations revealed a 12 x 10 cm heterogeneous mass in the right ovarian fossa. Laparotomy was carried out immediately. Frozen pathological study revealed a low-grade sex-cord stromal cell tumor. Right salpingo-oopherectomy was performed. During 2 years of follow-up, there was no evidence of disease.


CONCLUSIONS
Although rupture of a malignant ovarian tumor is an infrequent cause of acute abdomen, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen.
Goynumer
Gokhan
G
Istanbul Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. goynumergo@ttmail.com
Kayabasoglu
Furkan
F
Senturk
Baki
B
Turkgeldi
Engin
E
Guzin
Kadir
K
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012707:Sertoli Cell Tumor / Q000150:complications*; D014463:Ultrasonography