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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| The morphologic and immunohistochemical spectrum of 16 cases of sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary |
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Asim Qureshi, Azizunissa Raza, Naila Kayani
Aga Khan Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
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| Date of Web Publication | 27-Oct-2010 |
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Background: Sex-cord-stromal tumors of the ovary are rare neoplasms and they differ from the common surface epithelial tumors in clinical and imaging features. Patients and Methods: This study was done to evaluate the morphologic and immunohistochemical pattern of 16 cases of sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary diagnosed at a tertiary care hospital. All patients having sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary were included with the help of medical records using the SNOMED coding system over 10 year period i.e. 1998 to 2008. Result: Sixteen cases of the stromal tumor of the ovary were diagnosed over this 10 year period; the age range was 23 to 40 years (median age 28). In 7 out of 16 cases, serum CA 125 level was done which was raised as per the available medical records. All of these cases showed unilateral. The gross appearence of all the tumors was similar and all had unilateral involvement. Mucin was negative in all of these cases. Keywords: Neoplasms, ovary, stromal tumors
How to cite this article:
Qureshi A, Raza A, Kayani N. The morphologic and immunohistochemical spectrum of 16 cases of sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2010;53:658-60 |
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Qureshi A, Raza A, Kayani N. The morphologic and immunohistochemical spectrum of 16 cases of sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary. Indian J Pathol Microbiol [serial online] 2010 [cited 2021 Aug 5];53:658-60. Available from: https://www.ijpmonline.org/text.asp?2010/53/4/658/72017 |
| Introduction | |  |
Sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary are rare, making up approximately 8% of all ovarian neoplasms. These tumors arise from two groups of cells in the ovary: stromal cells and primitive sex cord cells. Stromal cells contain fibroblasts, theca cells, and Leydig cells, and primitive sex cords include granulosa cells in the normal ovary, Sertoli cells in the testis, and Sertoli cells in ovarian tumors. [1] They differ from more common epithelial neoplasms in clinical and radiologic aspects. Understanding the clinical and imaging features of sex cord-stromal tumor of the ovary is helpful in specific diagnosis of ovarian tumors.
Sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary affect all age groups and account for most of the hormonally active ovarian tumors that show estrogenic effects or virilization. Unlike patients with common epithelial tumors, of which 75% are considered to be at stage III or IV at diagnosis, approximately 70% of patients with these tumors are classified as having stage I lesions at presentation. [2],[3] Consequently, sex cord-stromal tumors are primarily treated surgically and generally have a good prognosis. In addition, these tumors may have characteristic imaging features.
| Patients and Methods | | |
All patients of sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary were included with the help of medical records using the SNOMED coding system over 10 year period i.e. 1998 to 2008.
| Results | | |
The gross, histological, and immunohistochemical features were as follows;
Grossly there was unilateral involvement in all 16 cases; mostly these tumors were well demarcated with predominantly a solid white mass with intervening yellow areas and cyst formation [Figure 1], gross photograph.
Low power examination showed pseudo lobules separated by stroma that varies from densely hyalinized to markedly edematous. Two cell types were identified with in the nodules spindle cells producing collagen and round to oval cells with small dark nuclei [Figure 2].
Immunohistochemical stains inhibin [Figure 3] and calretinin [Figure 4] were diffusely positive. | Figure 3 :Inhibin immunohistochemical stain showing diffuse positivity in tumor cells (IHC, ×200)
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 | Figure 4 :Calretinin immunohistochemical stain showing diffuse positivity in tumor cells (IHC, ×200)
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Immunohistochemical features of all cases are described in [Table 1].
| Discussion | | |
Ovarian sex cord stromal tumors are classified as granulosa cell tumors, Sertoli's stromal tumors, steroid cell tumors, thecomas, and fibromas. Sclerosing stromal tumors were first described as a distinct entity among ovarian sex cord stromal tumors by Chalvardjian and Scully in 1973. [1] They are known to have the following characteristic clinical features: first, they usually occur in a younger age group, whereas other types of stromal tumors are most common in the fifth and sixth decades, about 80% of SSTs are encountered during the second and third decades. [2],[3] To date, malignant SST has not been reported. [4],[5],[6] In our study, all cases were unilateral, and in several previously published reports, unilateral occurrence has been described. [7],[8] Hormonal activity has been reported in a few documented cases, though none of our patients underwent hormonal assay, they demonstrated no symptoms suggesting hormonal activity. [6]
Microscopically, SSTs are characterized by a number of distinctive features: a pseudolobular growth pattern, in which cellular areas are separated by edematous and collagenous hypocellular areas; collagenous sclerosis within the cellular areas; marked vascularity, with a "hemangiopericytomatous" pattern; and heterogeneity of the cell population. [9]
Immunohistochemical profile of our cases is vimentin, inhibin, calretinin and mic-2 positive and CK negative. Asma and desmin immunohistochemical stains were also positive. Same profile has been suggested by Kawauchi et al. [10] The differential diagnosis of SSTs should include thecoma/ fibroma, metastases, and malignant epithelial ovarian tumors. All these have distinctive morphological and immunohistochemical features. Ovarian metastases and malignant epithelial tumors usually occur in older patients, and dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging does not usually reveal progressive centripetal enhancement. [11],[12]
We have described a series of ovarian tumors with distinct morphology that should be distinguished from a variety of ovarian tumors whose features may overlap to some degree. Because of limited follow up comment on behavior cannot be dogmatically made however according to whatever information we had, a benign behavior is suggested.
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Sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary is a rare tumor and occurs in the younger age group. This tumor has typical gross, morphologic, and immunohistochemical features. It is important to recognize these rare tumors as there is a possibility that these may be misdiagnosed as aggressive neoplasms.
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Correspondence Address:
Asim Qureshi
Aga Khan Medical University, Karachi
Pakistan
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DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.72017
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