title: Adult granulosa cell tumor of the ovary: a retrospective study of 37 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the recurrence rate and the overall survival in women with adult granulosa cell tumor (AGCT), who were treated at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aalborg University Hospital during the period January 1985 to January 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 38 women with AGCT were collected retrospectively. The histological slides were re-evaluated by a gynecologic pathologist. Surgical and pathological characteristics were analyzed. Results: Thirty-seven women with AGCT were diagnosed. 92% were diagnosed in FIGO Stage I and 8% in Stage II. The majority of patients (27 patients, 73%) were treated with total abdomi- nal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy. Only one patient received postoperative pelvic irradiation. The recurrence rate was 5.6%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The recurrent rate was 5.6%, which is low according to the literature. Primary surgical treatment with radical removal of tumor seemed to be appropriate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,  Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. aiste_ugianskiene@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ugianskiene
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grove
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soegaard-Andersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies