Rapidly Growing Bilateral Ovarian Cystadenoma in a 6-Year-Old Girl: Case Report and Literature Review

Stanković, Zoran B.; Djukić, Milan K.; Sedlecki, Katarina; Djuričić, Slaviša; Lukač, Branislav J.; Mažibrada, Ilijana

doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2005.11.004

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Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38, February 2006

Rapidly Growing Bilateral Ovarian Cystadenoma in a 6-Year-Old Girl: Case Report and Literature Review

Zoran B. Stanković, MD, MSc
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia “Dr Vukan Čupić”
- Address correspondence to: Zoran B. Stanković, MD, R.Dakića 6, Belgrade 11070, Serbia and Montenegro
Milan K. Djukić, MD, PhD
- University of Belgrade School of Medicine; Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound of the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics “Narodni Front”
Katarina Sedlecki, MD, PhD
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia “Dr Vukan Čupić”
Slaviša Djuričić, MD, PhD
- Department of Pathology of the Institute of Mother and Child Health Care of Serbia “Dr Vukan Čupić”
Branislav J. Lukač, MD
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Ilijana Mažibrada, MD, MSc
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia “Dr Vukan Čupić”

Abstract

Background

Benign ovarian neoplasms originating from epithelial tissue are common tumors in adult women. However, they are rarely seen in the pediatric population, especially in the first decade of life.

Case

We report a case of a 6-year-old, premenarchal girl, previously healthy, with frequent micturition lasting 3 days prior to the first examination, without discomfort or pain. Laboratory analyses of blood and urine showed no abnormalities. Repeated ultrasonographic examinations revealed bilateral, cystic, rapidly growing ovarian masses. Cysts were surgically removed, with preservation of normal ovarian tissue, and histopathologic findings showed a serous cystadenoma of both ovaries.

Key Words: Ovarian tumor, Premenarchal, Serous cystadenoma, Ultrasonography