OVARIAN CARCINOMA IN CHILDREN: A CASE REPORT

• Autor(a) principal: Bernardo, Gabriel Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Bernardo, Lorena Pereira, Fechine, Elisian Macedo, Parente, Lucas Leimig Telles, Parente, Rodrigo Emmanuel Leimig Telles, Telles, Maria Valéria Leimig, Neto, João Saraiva Saraiva da Cruz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Amadeus International Multidisciplinary Journal
• Texto Completo: https://amadeusjournal.emnuvens.com.br/amadeus/article/view/25

Pediatric germ cell tumors (GCTs) are the most important raretumors in childhood and adolescence and are often asymptomatic until theybecome an adnexal mass, compressing neighboring structures, associatedwith increased alpha-fetoprotein and abdominal or pelvic pain. In the presentstudy, we report the case of a patient with fever and presence of abdominaltumor that was submitted to surgery for removal of extensive ovarian tumor.The importance of the best way of treating germ cell neoplasia, as well as thesize of the surgical piece removed from the patient, motivated the study andreport of the case.Keywords: pediatric surgery, ovarian cancer.