title: Ovarian steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified: A case report and literature review.
abstract: Steroid cell tumors (SCT), not otherwise specified (NOS) are particularly rare ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors, which comprise <0.1% of all ovarian tumors. These tumors are uncommon in patients' prior to puberty without any typical syndromes involving hirsutism, virilization and hypertension. We here in present the case of a 5-year-old female patient who presented with sudden abdominal pain, repeated vomiting and a pelvic mass. Our patient underwent urgent exploratory laparotomy and right salpingo-oophorectomy and the histopathological examination revealed an ovarian SCT-NOS. The patient has been followed up for 5 years since the surgery, without evidence of disease recurrence. The purpose of this study was to discuss the available information on the presentation, diagnosis and recommended treatment of ovarian SCT-NOS; and describes the immunohistochemical characteristics of these tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xuefen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Dabao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
keywords: not otherwise specified; ovarian steroid cell tumors