Difference between revisions of "Uterine tumour resembling an ovarian sex cord stromal tumour"

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==General==
==General==
*Super rare.
*Super rare.
*Typically postmenopausal - mean age ~ 52 years.<ref name=pmid25150955/>
*Usually presentation is [[abnormal uterine bleeding]].<ref name=pmid25150955>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Blake | first1 = EA. | last2 = Sheridan | first2 = TB. | last3 = Wang | first3 = KL. | last4 = Takiuchi | first4 = T. | last5 = Kodama | first5 = M. | last6 = Sawada | first6 = K. | last7 = Matsuo | first7 = K. | title = Clinical characteristics and outcomes of uterine tumors resembling ovarian sex-cord tumors (UTROSCT): a systematic review of literature. | journal = Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol | volume = 181 | issue =  | pages = 163-70 | month = Oct | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.07.050 | PMID = 25150955 }}</ref>
*Prognosis good if tumour predominantly sex cord-like, i.e. ''Type 2''.<ref name=pmid25150955/>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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Notes:
Notes:
*May be subdivided into:<name=pmid25257516/>
*May be subdivided into:<name=pmid25257516/>
**Type 1 <50% sex cord-component.
**Type 1 <50% sex cord-component (may be referred to as ''endometrial stromal tumour with sex cord-like elements''<ref name=pmid25150955/>).
**Type 2 >50% sex cord-component.
**Type 2 >50% sex cord-component.
DDx:
*[[Endometrial stromal sarcoma]].


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