Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: July-September | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 268-271
A Rare Case of Malignant Brenner Tumor of the Ovary
Shilpa Kaushal1,Suman Singh Chandel2, Deepika Raina3, Neha Bhardwaj4
1Medical Officer, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Dr. RPGMC, Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Dr. RPGMC, Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, India
3Senior Resident , Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Dr. RPGMC, Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, India
4Medical Officer, Health & Family Welfare Department, Himachal Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Neha Bhardwaj
ABSTRACT
Background: The ovarian Brenner tumors (BT) are a part of surface epithelial group of ovarian neoplasms. BT of the ovary is very rare, mostly benign, small and unilateral. Malignant Brenner tumors (MBT) are extremely rare. It is difficult to diagnose MBT both radiographically and histologically. Differential diagnosis includes transitional cell carcinoma of ovary and other BT. Herein we report a case of unilateral MBT of ovary in a reproductive age group woman and its features are briefly discussed.
Keywords: Malignant Brenner tumor, ovarian cancer, transitional cell carcinoma