Sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary in a postmenopausal woman: case report

Objective: Sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary (SST) is a rare neoplasm of the sex cord stromal category. We present a case of a unilateral SST of the ovary in a 54 -year- old woman with abdominal swelling and describe the clinical and histological findings with reference to other reported cases.
Case: Histopathologically, the lesion was characterized by a pseudolobular pattern of the edematous stroma containing focal sclerosis areas, a heterogeneous cell population and marked vascularization.
Conclusion: Ovary sclerosing stromal tumor is most commonly seen in the 2nd and 3rd decades, but it should be kept in mind that it may also be seen in postmenopausal patients.

Postmenopozal kadýn hastada overde sklerozan stromal tümör: Olgu sunumu

Amaç: Overin sklerozan stromal tümörü, over tümörleri içinde oldukça nadir, benign karakterli en sýk 2.- 3. dekatta görülen bir tümördür. 54 yaþýnda karýnda þiþlik þikayetiyle ile baþvuran, uni-lateral overin sklerozan tümörü tanýsý alan olguya ait klinik, histopatolojik ve immunohistokimyasal bulgular literatür eþliðinde sunulmuþtur.
Olgu: Histopatolojik olarak fokal skleroz alanlarý içeren ödemli stromanýn oluþturduðu psödolobüler görünüm, heterojen hücre populasyonu ve belirgin vaskülarizasyon ile karakterize lezyon izlendi.
Sonuç: Overin sklerozan stromal tümörü, en sýk 2.- 3. dekatta görülür ancak postmenopozal hastalarda da rastlanýlabileceði akýlda tutulmalýdýr