Ovarian Tumor
Case report: 10-year-old girl presents with rare sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 10th, 2003
According to a study from the United States, "Sclerosing stromal tumor (SST) is a rare benign ovarian neoplasm of stromal origin with less than 100 cases reported in the literature."
"Unlike the other stromal tumors, thecomas and fibromas, which tend to occur in the fifth and sixth decades, sclerosing stromal tumors predominantly affect females in the second and third decades," stated N.R. Fefferman and coauthors, New York University Medical Center, Department of Radiology.
Fefferman and coauthors concluded: "Computed tomography (CT), magnetic...
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