A RARE OVARIAN TUMOR-MALIGNANT BRENNER TUMOR

World J Surg Oncol. 2010 Nov 14;8(1):98. [Epub ahead of print]
Transitional cell carcinoma of the ovary: A rare case and review of literature.
Tazi EM, Lalya I, Tazi MF, Ahellal Y, M'rabti H, Errihani H.
Abstract

ABSTRACT:

INTRODUCTION: Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the ovary is a rare, recently recognized, subtype of ovarian surface epithelial cancer.

CASE PRESENTATION: A 69-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with a 2-year history of progressive enlargement of an abdominal mass. Abdominal computed tomography showed a pelvic mass. CA-125 was normal. A staging operation with total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, infracolic omentectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection was performed. After surgery, the pathologic report of the right ovarian tumour was TCC, grade 3, stage IC. The patient underwent 3 cycles of chemotherapy: carboplatin and paclitaxel. She is regularly followed up and has been disease free for 10 months.

CONCLUSION: Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the ovary is a rare subtype of epithelial ovarian cancer. Surgical resection is the primary therapeutic approach, and patient outcomes after chemotherapy are better than for other types of ovarian cancers.