%0 Journal Article
%T Cistoadenoma mucinoso fronterizo (borderline) del ovario, en una ni£¿a antes de la menarca
%A Heinen
%A Fernando L
%A P¨¦rez
%A Gabriela
%J Archivos argentinos de pediatr£¿-a
%D 2012
%I Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria
%R 10.5546/aap.2011.e4
%X ovarian epithelial tumors (cystoadenomas/cystoadenocar-cinomas) are not as common in girls as the germinal tumors (teratomas). mucinous or serous borderline cystoadenomas (cadb) with a low malignant potencial, represent 20% of epithelial tumors. as an intermediate type of bening-malignant neoplasia, these tumors are usually giant cystic pelvic masses found in young females, but exceedingly rare before menarche. stage 1 (tumor limited to the ovary) is the most frequent stage at diagnosis. bilateral ovarian compromise occurs in 10-15% of patients. open surgery is preferrred to perform a fertility sparing procedure such as oophorectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy or even a tumorectomy in selected cases. the latter requires intraoperative biopsy confrmation of free margins, to prevent recurrence. prolonged follow up is indicated to detect a recurrence or a contralateral tumor development. survival is excellent in most of these patients. we present the case of a premenarchal girl with a huge mucinous cadb.
%K ovarian mucinous borderline cystadenoma
%K premenarchal adolescent girls.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0325-00752012000100014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en