Department of Pathology UCD-School of Medicine

 

Reproductive Unit

FEMALE - Case 5

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Clinical History:  A 28-year-old woman presented with the chief complaint of secondary amenorrhea. Previously regular menses had in the past year become irregular and then stopped. Also, her voice had become husky and she noted hair growing on her chin. Physical examination revealed a mass in the left ovary. At laparotomy, a 12 cm mass replaced the left ovary. It was firm, lobulated and yellow-brown.

 

Questions:

 

1. Figure 5a is a gross photograph of the tumor. Figure 5b is a photomicrograph of the tumor. What are the prominent histological features? What is your diagnosis?

 

2. What is this patient’s prognosis?

 

3. Figure 5c: Review of the different classes of ovarian tumors and subtypes, their frequency, patient age range and hormone production.

 

Answers

 

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