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Borderline ovarian endometrioid tumor in adolescent: case report and review of the literature

Malignant endometrioid ovarian tumors are rare epithelial neoplasias among young patients. Whereas endometrioid ovarian carcinomas are more common among women in their fifth and sixth decades of life, borderline endometrioid tumors affect 22 to 77 year-old women. The present study reports a rare case of borderline endometrioid tumor in a 16 year-old patient. Since yolk sac and Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor may morphologically mimic endometrioid tumor, both the use of immunohistochemistry and morphological aspects were essential to establish the differential diagnosis.

Ovarian tumor in adolescent; Borderline ovarian tumor; Endometrioid ovarian tumor


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