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Acute abdomen due to rupture of Sertoli cell tumor
Gokhan Goynumer1, Furkan Kayabasoglu, Baki Senturk
1Istanbul Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. goynumergo@ttmail.com
Purpose:
To present a rare case of Sertoli cell tumor that presents with acute abdomen.
Case:
A 28-year-old patient with symptoms of acute abdomen has presented to our emergency department. Her examinations revealed a 12 x 10 cm heterogeneous mass in the right ovarian fossa. Laparotomy was carried out immediately. Frozen pathological study revealed a low-grade sex-cord stromal cell tumor. Right salpingo-oopherectomy was performed. During 2 years of follow-up, there was no evidence of disease.
Conclusion:
Although rupture of a malignant ovarian tumor is an infrequent cause of acute abdomen, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen.
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