| Literature DB >> 26674537 |
Indira Gunasekaran1, Manjiri Phansalkar2, Lal Bahadur Palo3, Renu G'Boy Varghese4.
Abstract
Ovarian leiomyoma is one of the rarest benign tumours of the ovary, mostly seen in women of reproductive age group. Here we report a case of ovarian leiomyoma as an incidental finding in a patient of 38-year-old woman with uterine leiomyomata. Peroperatively, her left ovary appeared bulky & she underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with left salpingo-oophorectomy. Macroscopically, in addition to uterine leiomyomata, a grey-white solid mass was seen entirely within the ovary without any capsular breach. Microscopically, the ovarian mass resembled its uterine counterpart without any evidence of atypia or necrosis. Masson trichrome stain & immunohistochemistry for desmin positivity confirmed the smooth muscle origin of the tumour cells. Despite its rarity, ovarian leiomyoma has to be considered as one of the differential diagnosis of ovarian spindle cell tumours. In difficult cases, immunohistochemistry aids the diagnosis.Entities:
Keywords: Desmin; Ovary; Spindle cell tumour; Trichrome stain
Year: 2015 PMID: 26674537 PMCID: PMC4668420 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/13378.6703
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Diagn Res ISSN: 0973-709X