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#redirect [[Ovarian_tumours#Juvenile_granulosa_cell_tumour]]
'''Juvenile granulosa cell tumour''' is an uncommon [[ovarian tumour]] in the ''sex cord stromal tumours'' group.


==General==
*May secrete estrogen.
**May present with endometrial pathology, e.g. [[endometrial hyperplasia]] ''or'' endometrioid [[endometrial carcinoma]].
**May present as precocious puberty.<ref name=pmid21526089>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hashemipour | first1 = M. | last2 = Moaddab | first2 = MH. | last3 = Nazem | first3 = M. | last4 = Mahzouni | first4 = P. | last5 = Salek | first5 = M. | title = Granulosa cell tumor in a six-year-old girl presented as precocious puberty. | journal = J Res Med Sci | volume = 15 | issue = 4 | pages = 240-2 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 21526089 }}</ref>
*Reported in males.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case631.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case631.html]. Accessed on: 26 January 2012.</ref>
==Gross==
*Classically solid.
==Microscopic==
Features:
*Microcystic spaces.
*Moderate-to-marked nuclear atypia.
*Cuboidal-to-polygonal cell in sheets or stands or cords.
*Basophilic cytoplasm.
Notes:
*Juvenile variant of GCT has more nuclear pleomorphism.
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Juvenile_granulosa_cell_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Juvenile granulosa cell tumour - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Juvenile_granulosa_cell_tumour_-_high_mag.jpg | Juvenile granulosa cell tumour - high mag. (WC)
Image:Juvenile_granulosa_cell_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Juvenile granulosa cell tumour - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
==IHC==
* Inhibin positive.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1102>{{Ref PBoD|1102}}</ref>
** Inhibin negative in ''[[Brenner tumour]]''.
*Calretinin +ve.
==Molecular==
:''Currently '''not''' used for the diagnosis.''
*Trisomy 12.<ref name=pmid1466394>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schofield | first1 = DE. | last2 = Fletcher | first2 = JA. | title = Trisomy 12 in pediatric granulosa-stromal cell tumors. Demonstration by a modified method of fluorescence in situ hybridization on paraffin-embedded material. | journal = Am J Pathol | volume = 141 | issue = 6 | pages = 1265-9 | month = Dec | year = 1992 | doi =  | PMID = 1466394 }}</ref><ref name=pmid12218213>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mayr | first1 = D. | last2 = Kaltz-Wittmer | first2 = C. | last3 = Arbogast | first3 = S. | last4 = Amann | first4 = G. | last5 = Aust | first5 = DE. | last6 = Diebold | first6 = J. | title = Characteristic pattern of genetic aberrations in ovarian granulosa cell tumors. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 9 | pages = 951-7 | month = Sep | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1097/01.MP.0000024290.55261.14 | PMID = 12218213 }}
</ref>
==See also==
*[[Ovarian tumours]].
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Ovarian tumours]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]

Revision as of 03:49, 18 February 2014

Juvenile granulosa cell tumour is an uncommon ovarian tumour in the sex cord stromal tumours group.

General

Gross

  • Classically solid.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Microcystic spaces.
  • Moderate-to-marked nuclear atypia.
  • Cuboidal-to-polygonal cell in sheets or stands or cords.
  • Basophilic cytoplasm.

Notes:

  • Juvenile variant of GCT has more nuclear pleomorphism.

Images

IHC

Molecular

Currently not used for the diagnosis.

See also

References

  1. Hashemipour, M.; Moaddab, MH.; Nazem, M.; Mahzouni, P.; Salek, M. (Jul 2010). "Granulosa cell tumor in a six-year-old girl presented as precocious puberty.". J Res Med Sci 15 (4): 240-2. PMID 21526089.
  2. URL: http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case631.html. Accessed on: 26 January 2012.
  3. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1102. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
  4. Schofield, DE.; Fletcher, JA. (Dec 1992). "Trisomy 12 in pediatric granulosa-stromal cell tumors. Demonstration by a modified method of fluorescence in situ hybridization on paraffin-embedded material.". Am J Pathol 141 (6): 1265-9. PMID 1466394.
  5. Mayr, D.; Kaltz-Wittmer, C.; Arbogast, S.; Amann, G.; Aust, DE.; Diebold, J. (Sep 2002). "Characteristic pattern of genetic aberrations in ovarian granulosa cell tumors.". Mod Pathol 15 (9): 951-7. doi:10.1097/01.MP.0000024290.55261.14. PMID 12218213.