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Korean J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;55(7):507-512. Published online July 13, 2012.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2012.55.7.507
A Case of Recurrent Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumor Associated with Sarcomatoid Change.
Ju Ok Lee, Jung Ju Lee, Dae Hyung Lee, Mi Jin Kim, Doo Jin Lee
1Department of Obstetrics, Yeungnam University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. djlee@med.yu.ac.kr
2Department of Pathology, Yeungnam University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Abstract
Granulosa cell tumors of the ovary are malignancies that originate from the sex-cord stromal cells of the ovary and represent 2% to 5% of all ovarian cancers. Slow growth with a tendency for late recurrence characterizes a natural history of this tumor. So this tumor needs a prolonged follow-up. As a result of recent literature in Korea, the findings are 3 cases of juvenile granulosa cell tumor and 1 case of adult granulosa cell tumor. Previous case of adult granulosa cell tumor was presented recurrence with hepatic metastasis after 9 months of first diagnosis and operation. We describe here a 52-year-old women with recurrent granulosa cell tumor after total abdominal hysterectomy with right salpingo-oophorectomy and left ovarian wedge resection because of right ovarian granulosa cell tumor 12 years ago. Our case presented late recurrence character of granulosa cell tumor. We report 1 case of recurrent adult type granulosa cell tumor associated sarcomatoid change with a brief review of literatures.

Keywords :Granulosa cell tumor;Recurrent;Sarcomatoid change

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