Ossifying luteinized thecoma of the ovary

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2003 Jan;267(3):167-9. doi: 10.1007/s00404-001-0282-3.

Abstract

A 51-year-old woman presented with lumbar backache leading to the preoperative diagnosis of a right solid adnexal mass with calcification on computed tomographic scan. Histological examination revealed a right ovarian luteinized thecoma characterized by extensive calcification and metaplastic ossification. Osteoblasts and osteoclasts surrounded the surface of the heterotopic bone. Haversian canals were occasionally identified in the bony trabeculae. Ossifying ovarian neoplasms are extremely rare and this case is the first to demonstrate the osseous metaplasia in ovarian luteinized thecoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Back Pain
  • Calcinosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Ossification, Heterotopic*
  • Osteoblasts / pathology
  • Osteoclasts / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thecoma / diagnosis*
  • Thecoma / pathology
  • Thecoma / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed