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f i b roblasts and round cells and separated<br />

by hypocellular, oedematous or collagenous<br />

tissue.<br />

E p i d e m i o l o g y<br />

This tumour accounts for 2-6% of ovarian<br />

stromal tumours, and more than 80%<br />

occur in young women in the second<br />

and third decades {433}.<br />

Clinical features<br />

P resenting symptoms include menstrual<br />

a b n o rmalities or abdominal discomfort<br />

{433,1280a,1409a,1695a}. Horm o n a l<br />

manifestations are rare {433}, although<br />

a few tumours have been shown to produce<br />

estrogens or androgens {614,<br />

1222,1778,2315,2964}. Virilization may<br />

occur in pregnant women {419,738,<br />

1308 }.<br />

Fig. 2.71 Signet-ring stromal tumour. There is a diffuse proliferation of round cells with eccentric nuclei and<br />

a single large cytoplasmic vacuole resembling signet-ring cells.<br />

Stromal tumour with minor sex<br />

cord elements<br />

D e f i n i t i o n<br />

S t romal tumour with minor sex cord elements<br />

is a rare, fibro t h e c o m a t o u s<br />

tumour containing scattered sex cord<br />

elements {2605,3211}. By definition, the<br />

sex cord element must account for<br />

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