title: A 9-kg ovarian mucinous cystadenoma in a 14-year-old premenarchal girl.
abstract: METHODS
  Female, 14.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ovarian mucinous cystadenoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Abdominal enlargement • abdominal pain • constipation.
  
  
  METHODS
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  METHODS
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  METHODS
  Obstetrics and Gynecology.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Rare disease.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Although ovarian tumors are most commonly observed in adults, they relatively rarely occur in children. The majority of ovarian masses encountered in the premenarchal or childhood stages are non-neoplastic lesions such as benign functional cysts. Epithelial tumors account for 8-10% of all ovarian tumors and are histologically classified as mucinous or serous. The most common benign epithelial ovarian tumor is cystadenoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 14-year-old premenarchal girl with chronic abdominal pain, constipation, and abdominal enlargement. A computed tomography detected a huge left ovarian cystic tumor. A 9-kg ovarian tumor was removed surgically. Pathology showed a benign mucinous cystadenoma (MCA).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ovarian neoplasms in children present a diagnostic quandary, and very often the diagnoses are missed or delayed. When the diagnosis is made, a prompt and fertility-preserving surgical treatment must be performed and followed to prevent recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erzincan University, Medical School, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Senol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biçer
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Gümüshane State Hospital, Gümüshane, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zehra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Erkul
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Medical School, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Demiryilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Erzincan University Medical School, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Necla
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011230:Precancerous Conditions; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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