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*[http://www.pathology.cn/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=57445 Possible SCTAT (pathology.cn)].
*[http://www.pathology.cn/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=57445 Possible SCTAT (pathology.cn)].


==Granulosa cell tumour==
==Juvenile granulosa cell tumour==
===General===
===General===
*''Adult'' and ''juvenile'' variants.
**Juvenile variant - more nuclear pleomorphism.
*May secrete estrogen.
*May secrete estrogen.
**May present with endometrial pathology, e.g. [[endometrial hyperplasia]] ''or'' endometrioid [[endometrial carcinoma]].
**May present with endometrial pathology, e.g. [[endometrial hyperplasia]] ''or'' endometrioid [[endometrial carcinoma]].


===Gross===
===Gross===
*Solid.
*Classically solid.
*May be cystic. (???)
 
===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:
*[[WC]]:
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_granulosa_cell_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg Juvenile granulosa cell tumour - intermed. mag. (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_granulosa_cell_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg Juvenile granulosa cell tumour - very high mag. (WC)].
 
===IHC===
* Inhibin positive.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1102>{{Ref PBoD|1102}}</ref>
** Inhibin negative in ''[[Brenner tumour]]''.
*Calretinin +ve.
 
==Adult granulosa cell tumour==
*[[AKA]] ''granulosa cell tumour''.
**Should not be confused with ''[[juvenile granulosa cell tumour]]''.
 
===General===
*May secrete estrogen.
**May present with endometrial pathology, e.g. [[endometrial hyperplasia]] ''or'' endometrioid [[endometrial carcinoma]].
 
===Gross===
*Classically solid.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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Note:
Note:
*There is a "10% rule" -- if less than 10% of a SCST is granulosa cells... it isn't granulosa cell tumour.
*There is a "10% rule" -- if less than 10% of a SCST is granulosa cells... it isn't granulosa cell tumour.
*Juvenile variant of GCT has more nuclear pleomorphism.


DDx:
DDx:
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* [[Brenner tumour]].
* [[Brenner tumour]].
* [[Sertoli cell tumour]].
* [[Sertoli cell tumour]].
Images:
*[[WC]]:
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_granulosa_cell_tumour_-_intermed_mag.jpg Juvenile granulosa cell tumour - intermed. mag. (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_granulosa_cell_tumour_-_very_high_mag.jpg Juvenile granulosa cell tumour - very high mag. (WC)].


===IHC===
===IHC===
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