Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Apr 2020)

Juvenile granulosa cell tumor in a nine year old

  • Syed Waqas Ali,
  • Nouman Nawaz Ali,
  • M. Sajjad Ashraf,
  • Muhammad Arif Mateen Khan,
  • Muhammad Usman Tariq

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101397
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55

Abstract

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Pediatric granulosa cell tumors of the ovary are rare functional neoplasms causing secondary precocious puberty. The tumor possesses significant diagnostic challenge when occurs in a patient approaching puberty due to masking of symptoms. We report a case of ovarian tumor in a 9-year-old girl which was diagnosed on histopathology and the pseudo-puberty signs reverted post resection. Keywords: Precocious puberty, Juvenile granulosa cell tumor, Pediatric