ENDOMETRIOID OVARIAN-CARCINOMA IN A PREMENARCHAL GIRL - REPORT OF A CASE

In children and adolescents, ovarian neoplasmas are predominantly germ cell and sex cord stromal tumors. Carcinomas are quite rare, and, in particular, endometrioid adenocarcinomas are extremely rare in this ag e group, We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with FIGO stage I, g rade I endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the ovary. To our knowledge this is the first report of an endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary occurin g in the premenarchal age group and only the second case reported befo re age 15. Our patient has been treated by conservative surgery withou t postoperative chemotherapy. Menarche occured 3 months after surgery, Twelve months after surgery she is free of disease. (C) 1997 Academic Press.