Incidental Diagnosis of a Primary Pure "Mixed" Ovarian Carcinoid: Clinicopathological Report and Concise Review of the Recent Series. [PDF]
Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors (POCT) are well‐differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms and account for <0.1% of ovarian tumors. POCT usually arise in the context of mature cystic teratoma; however, pure primary ovarian carcinoids without teratomatous or mucinous elements are very rare.
Larraín D +3 more
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The most frequently occurring retroperitoneal tumors are those of the kidneys, adrenal glands, and the pancreas. A primary retroperitoneal tumor composed of granulosa cells and developing far away from the normal location of the ovary is less frequently ...
Priya Poickattusseril Vasu +3 more
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Four-way regulation of mosquito yolk protein precursor genes by juvenile hormone-, ecdysone-, nutrient-, and insulin-like peptide signaling pathways. [PDF]
Anautogenous mosquito females require a meal of vertebrate blood in order to initiate the production of yolk protein precursors by the fat body. Yolk protein precursor gene expression is tightly repressed in a state-of-arrest before blood meal-related ...
Attardo, Geoffrey M +3 more
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Extraovarian sex cord tumor with annular tubules discovered arising from a leiomyoma
Background: Sex cord tumors with annular tubules (SCTAT) are a rare (2%) subtype of ovarian sex cord-stromal tumor. SCTATs are usually cured at time of diagnosis by surgical resection with an oophorectomy.
William T. Jaegle +4 more
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: We present a rare case of extraovarian primary peritoneal carcinoma in 65-year-old female with a history of total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for larger symptomatic leiomyoma 13 years ago.
Drago Sredanović +2 more
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Primary granulosa cell tumor of cerebellum: A rare case report
Granulosa cell tumors (GCTs) accounts 70% of all sex cord stromal tumors, of which adult types constitutes 95%. In rare cases, Primary extraovarian GCTs can occur and is supposed to arise from mesenchymal tissue along the embryonic genital ridge.
Sunil Rauniyar +5 more
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The Role of the Brain in the Pathogenesis and Physiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). [PDF]
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive endocrine disorder, affecting at least 10% of women of reproductive age. PCOS is typically characterized by the presence of at least two of the three cardinal features of hyperandrogenemia (high ...
Coutinho, Eulalia A +1 more
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Extra-ovarian cellular fibroma: A case report and review of the literature
Extra-ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors are often clinically and radiologically considered as ovarian malignancies. Pathologically, this poses a diagnostic challenge.
Bomi Kim
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Microscopic extraovarian sex cord proliferations: an undescribed phenomenon [PDF]
AimsTo report a previously undescribed phenomenon of incidentally detected microscopic proliferations of sex cord cells, often mimicking adult granulosa cell tumour or sex cord tumour with annular tubules, in extraovarian locations.Methods and resultsThe six cases were in patients aged 23–58 years.
McCluggage, W Glenn +7 more
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Endometrial stromal sarcoma occurring 20 years after total hysterectomy for myomas
Extrauterine and extraovarian endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESSs) without endometriosis are extremely rare. A 57-year-old woman had a pelvic mass. Twenty years previously, she had undergone total hysterectomy and left salpingo-oophorectomy for uterine ...
Yen-Feng Lu +5 more
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