Advances in pediatric surgery
- Volume 15 Issue 1
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- Pages.73-79
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- 2009
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- 2635-8778(pISSN)
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- 2635-8786(eISSN)
Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor of the Ovary in a 4 year-old Girl - A Case Report -
4세 영아의 난소에서 발생한 Sertoli-Leydig 세포 종양 -1예 보고-
- Kim, Hye-Jin (Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
- Choe, Byung-Ho (Department of Pediatric, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
- Park, Jin-Young (Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
- Received : 2009.06.15
- Accepted : 2009.08.06
- Published : 2009.06.30
Abstract
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor is a rare sex-cord stromal tumor of the ovary. They make up less than 0.5 % of all ovarian tumors. We experienced a case of an ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor in a 4 year-old girl who presented with nausea, vomiting, and lower abdominal pain of 2 days' duration. On physical examination, there was mild tenderness in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a pelvic mass measuring