[Mixed germ cell tumor of the ovary with rhabdomyosarcomatous component. A case report].
Malignant germ cell tumors of the ovary are rare representing 3% of all ovarian neoplasms. Hence, they are the most common ovarian malignancy in girls and young women and account for approximately two-thirds of the ovarian cancers that occur in the first two decades of life. Germ cell tumors constitute a heterogeneous group of tumors and are often mixed associating at least two different tumoral components. Exceptionally, sarcomatous areas can be found. We present a case of a 15-year old girl admitted for a voluminous left ovarian mass revealed by pelvic pain. Pathological examination of the dissected material revealed the tumor to be a mixed germ cell tumor (immature teratoma and yolk sac tumor) with rhabdomyosarcomatous component of embryonal type. Clinico-pathological characteristics of such ovarian tumors will be discussed with emphasis on diagnostic difficulties.
Service d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, hôpital M. Tahar Mâamouri, Nabeul, Tunisie. meriambhs@yahoo.fr
Mériam
M
Bel Haj Salah
Ehsen Ben
EB
Brahim
Yosra S H
YS
Zidi
Monia
M
Tangour
Houda
H
Kilani
Samia
S
Chatti-Dey
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology