Ovarian germ cell tumors in children and adolescents (literature review)

Abstract

Ovarian germ cell tumors account for 30 % of germ cell tumors of other localizations and 70 % of all ovarian neoplasms. The aim of this review is to study and systematize clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of ovarian germ cell tumors in childhood and adolescence on the basis of current foreign and domestic studies.

Keywords

• germ cell tumors
• ovaries
• reproductive system
• childhood and adolescence
• diagnostic principles
• treatment principles