Gittleman Adam M, Price Anita P, Coren Charles, Akhtar Mudnia, Donovan Virginia, Katz Douglas S
Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
Clin Imaging. 2003 Jul-Aug;27(4):221-4. doi: 10.1016/s0899-7071(02)00586-7.
Juvenile granulosa cell tumor (GCT) of the ovary is a rare neoplasm occurring in premenarchal girls and young women. Juvenile GCT that occurs in premenarchal girls usually produces sexual precocity as a consequence of estrogen secretion. Juvenile GCTs are more likely to grow to a relatively large size with a much smaller likelihood of peritoneal spread, unlike their counterpart, epithelial ovarian neoplasms. We report the radiology and pathology of a patient with juvenile GCT and review the literature of this rare tumor.