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Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages e119-e123 (June 2010)


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Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenoma of Borderline Malignancy in a Premenarchal Girl

Minoru Iwasaki, MD, PhD1Corresponding Author Informationemail address, Kaoru Taira, MD, PhD2, Hisato Kobayashi, MD, PhD3, Tatsuyoshi Saiga, MD, PhD4

published online 06 November 2009.

Abstract 

Ovarian mucinous cystadenomas are benign epithelial neoplasms that occur most often in the third to sixth decade of life. Ovarian mucinous cystadenoma can be classified into 3 categories (benign, borderline malignancy, malignancy) based on histopathologic evaluation. Premenarchal cases of ovarian mucinous cystadenoma of borderline malignancy are exceedingly rare. To the best of our knowledge, there have been only 4 reported cases of borderline ovarian mucinous cystadenoma prior to 2009. Here we report a 13-year-old premenarchal girl with a giant mass occupying almost the whole of the abdomino-pelvic cavity.

1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Otsu Red-Cross Hospital, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan

2 Department of Surgery, Otsu Red-Cross Hospital, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan

3 Department of Radiology, Otsu Red-Cross Hospital, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan

4 Department of Clinical Pathology, Otsu Red-Cross Hospital, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan

Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Minoru Iwasaki, MD, PhD, Otsu Red-Cross Hospital, 1-1-35 Nagara, Otsu City, Shiga, 520-8511 Japan

PII: S1083-3188(09)00312-X

doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2009.09.011


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