scholarly journals Pediatric Sex Cord-Stromal Tumor with Composite Morphology: A Case Report

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 680-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason A. Jarzembowski ◽  
Richard W. Lieberman

A 12-year-old female with developmental delay/mental retardation and a family history of gynecologic cancers presented with nonspecific abdominal complaints and was found to have a 4.5-kg, 25- x 23- x 15-cm pelvic mass with solid and cystic components and associated retro-peritoneal and mesenteric lymphadenopathy. Laboratory studies revealed increased serum levels of CA-125 and inhibin B. Histologically, the tumor exhibited several different morphologic appearances including adult granulosa cell tumor, juvenile granulosa cell tumor (with areas of marked atypia), and Sertoli cell tumor. Immunohistochemically, the tumor was positive for calretinin, MIC-2 (CD99), S100 protein, PGP 9.5, and neuron-specific enolase. Electron microscopy of the Sertoli cell tumor-like areas showed Charcot-Bottcher filaments, a distinguishing feature of Sertoli cells. Together, these findings supported a diagnosis of mixed sex cord-stromal tumor including granulosa cell tumor of adult and juvenile types and intermediate- to high-grade Sertoli cell tumor, with large areas of markedly atypical sex cord-stromal tumor.

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 922-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Yearley ◽  
N. King ◽  
X. Liu ◽  
E. H. Curran ◽  
S. P. O'Neil

A 20–year old male cotton-top tamarin ( Saguinus oedipus) was presented with unilateral enlargement of an intrascrotal testicle. Fine-needle aspiration cytology demonstrated a neoplastic population with Call-Exner-like bodies and features of malignancy. The animal was castrated, and histologic examination revealed a biphasic sex cord-stromal tumor, with one region resembling Sertoli-cell tumor and one region resembling granulosa-cell tumor, with extensive microfollicular pattern and many Call-Exner bodies. Eight months after castration, the animal was euthanized on discovery of a caudal abdominal mass that displaced organs, was highly infiltrative, and extended into the paravertebral musculature with lysis of vertebral bone. Metastases to lymph node and lung were also present. Histologic examination of the abdominal tumor showed multifocal formation of Call-Exner bodies in an otherwise highly dedifferentiated population. Positive immunolabeling for alpha inhibin confirmed the sex cord-stromal origin of the abdominal and paravertebral tumor masses. This case has similarities to malignant testicular granulosa-cell tumor of humans.


2000 ◽  
Vol 124 (10) ◽  
pp. 1525-1528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issam A. Al-Bozom ◽  
Salah R. El-Faqih ◽  
Salaheldin H. Hassan ◽  
Abdelmoniem E. El-Tiraifi ◽  
Riyadh F. Talic

Abstract We report a case of testicular granulosa cell tumor of the adult type in a 48-year-old man. Microscopically, the tumor consisted of round to ovoid cells with grooved nuclei that were arranged in several patterns, including microfollicular, macrofollicular, insular, trabecular, gyriform, solid, and pseudosarcomatous. These cells demonstrated strong immunopositivity with MIC2 (O13) antibody, vimentin, and smooth muscle actin and focal positivity with cytokeratin. Although this type of sex cord–stromal tumor is relatively common in the ovaries, it is still extremely unusual in the testis, and it probably represents the rarest type of testicular sex cord–stromal tumor.


2018 ◽  
Vol 142 (12) ◽  
pp. 1459-1484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Young

Context.— This year being the 60th anniversary of the publication of the excellent book Endocrine Pathology of the Ovary by John McLean Morris, MD, and Robert E. Scully, MD, the writer reflects on that work and in particular the remarkable contributions of its second author to our knowledge in this area. Objective.— To review ovarian sex cord–stromal tumors. Data Sources.— Literature and personal experience. Conclusions.— The essay begins with remarks on the oftentimes straightforward stromal tumors of the ovary because the commonest of them, the fibroma, dominates from the viewpoint of case numbers. Then, the sclerosing stromal tumor and the peculiar so-called luteinized thecomas of the type associated with sclerosing peritonitis are discussed in greater detail and their wide spectrum is illustrated. Brief mention is made of 2 rare neoplasms: the ovarian myxoma and signet-ring stromal tumor. Discussion then turns to the more recently recognized intriguing tumor tentatively designated microcystic stromal tumor and the commonest malignant tumor in this entire family, the so-called adult granulosa cell tumor, which despite its name may occasionally be seen in young individuals. The second variant of granulosa cell tumor—that which usually, but not always, occurs in the young—the so-called juvenile granulosa cell tumor, is then discussed. In the section of Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors, particular attention is focused on unusual tumors with heterologous elements and the remarkable so-called retiform tumors, which have a predilection for the young, often have distinctive gross features, and exhibit slitlike spaces and papillae. The essay concludes with consideration of the sex cord tumor with annular tubules.


1979 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Woodside ◽  
Thomas A. Borden

2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
Darko Marinkovic ◽  
Nebojsa Pavlovic ◽  
Vladimir Magas ◽  
Sanja Aleksic-Kovacevic

Testes and ovarian tumors are tumors which appear in small percentages in dogs. They rarely lead to a lethal outcome in animals, but, due to the different clinical manifestations that can accompany these tumors, their timely diagnosis is significant because it often determines the treatment of the animal in which such tumors were diagnosed. During the period from 1999 until 2003, the Department for Pathological Morphology of the Belgrade Faculty of Veterinary Medicine examined macroscopically and pathohistologically 5 ovaries with macroscopic signs of neoplastic changes from 5 female and 25 neoplastically altered testes from 18 male dogs. In the testes, seminom, collision tumor (Sertoli cell tumor), Sertoli cell tumor, Leydig cell tumor, and lymphosarcoma were diagnozed. In the ovaries, granulosa cell tumor and dysgerminoma were diagnozed.


Diagnostics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 537
Author(s):  
Soohyun Hwang ◽  
Byoung-Gie Kim ◽  
Sang Yong Song ◽  
Hyun-Soo Kim

Ovarian gynandroblastoma (GAB) is an extremely rare sex cord-stromal tumor showing morphological evidence of both female (granulosa cell tumor) and male (Sertoli–Leydig cell tumor (SLCT)) components. Almost all GAB cases have been reported in children, adolescents, or women of reproductive age, and most of them typically have adult granulosa cell tumors as the female component. In contrast, GAB with a juvenile granulosa cell tumor (JGCT) component is a very rare condition; to the best of our knowledge, only one case of GAB with JGCT in a postmenopausal woman has been reported. In this report, we present an extremely rare case of ovarian GAB with JGCT in an elderly patient. A 65-year-old woman presented with an abdominal mass. Abdominopelvic magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large multiseptated cystic mass measuring 20 cm. No peritoneal seeding, lymph node enlargement, or hematogenous metastasis was identified. Laboratory test showed a slight elevation of serum CA 125 level (37.1 U/mL). Based on the preoperative clinical impression of ovarian cancer, she underwent a total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Grossly, the ovarian mass had a smooth and glistening surface without excrescences. The cut sections showed yellow-to-tan solid areas with foci of necrosis, myxoid degeneration, and hemorrhage, as well as multilocular cystic cavities filled with serosanguinous fluid. Histologically, the female component was characterized by JGCT displaying nodular growth patterns with follicle-like structures of various shapes and sizes. Most of the microcysts contained eosinophilic or basophilic secretions. The JGCT cells had indistinct cell borders, an abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, and round-to-oval hyperchromatic nuclei with many mitotic figures. The SLCT component consisted predominantly of intermediately differentiated Sertoli cells forming lobulated solid nodules. They were arranged in cords, solid tubules, or nests, and possessed oval-to-spindle-shaped darkly stained nuclei and scant cytoplasm. In several foci, well-formed Sertoli cell tubules were loosely aggregated within areas of moderately differentiated SLCT. In summary, we described GAB in a postmenopausal woman with JGCT and SLCT as the female and male components, respectively. This is the second case of GAB with JGCT occurring in an elderly patient. Our findings can help pathologists and clinicians make accurate histological diagnoses of GAB with a JGCT component and plan an adequate treatment strategy for this rare tumor.


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-304
Author(s):  
Atigan Thongtharb ◽  
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Kittiphong Khunpratoom ◽  
Pandhira Patanadamrongchai ◽  
Kittikorn Boonsri ◽  
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A 12-year-old, spayed Yorkshire Terrier dog with a history of progressive abdominal distension was diagnosed with an ovarian sex-cord stromal tumor. Microscopically, the residual ovarian tissue sample was composed of 2 different tumor cell populations: a luteal-like cell and Sertoli cell components. These cells were notably immunopositive for vimentin, inhibin-α and neuron-specific enolase (NSE). On the basis of all findings, the tumor was diagnosed as luteoma and Sertoli cell tumor of the ovary developing from the ovarian remnant tissue.


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