title: Unusual presentation of benign cystic brenner tumor with exuberant psammomatous calcifications.
abstract: Transitional cell tumors of the ovary comprise about 1% to 2% of all ovarian neoplasms. Most of these tumors are benign Brenner tumors and account for about 5% of benign surface epithelial-stromal tumors. Spicules of calcifications are found in the stroma of about 50% of benign Brenner tumors. Although diagnostic challenges might occur more frequently with either of the borderline or malignant Brenner tumors, this problem is not that common when diagnosing a benign Brenner tumor. This study reports a case of benign Brenner tumor with exuberant dystrophic calcifications that obscured most of the epithelium and posed a diagnostic challenge in differentiating it from the more common malignant counterparts such as serous carcinoma and specifically psammocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: University of Louisville, Louilville, KY 40202, USA.
authors.forename: Lakshmi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vemavarapu
authors.forename: Houda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alatassi
authors.forename: Mana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moghadamfalahi
mesh_terms: D001948:Brenner Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*