Chemotherapy-induced alterations in ovarian sex cord tumor with annular tubules (SCTAT): a diagnostic challenge

Pathol Res Pract. 2006;202(3):183-6. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.12.004. Epub 2006 Feb 3.

Abstract

We present a case of ovarian sex cord tumor with annular tubules (SCTAT) in a patient that received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with 3.5 years of follow-up. Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy is a common practice in advanced cases of ovarian carcinoma and is rarely applied in nonepithelial ovarian tumors. Chemotherapy-induced morphologic alterations of the subsequently resected tissue samples are well recognized; in this case, chemotherapy-induced cytoarchitectural changes created diagnostic difficulties in the subsequently resected specimen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / therapy
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / diagnosis
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / pathology*
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome