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A CASE OF RARE ABDOMINOPELVIC MASS - MALIGNANT BRENNER TUMOUR OF OVARY

VAITHEESWARAN R

Abstract


Brenner tumour is one of the rare tumours of ovary constituting only 2.3 percent of which most are benign .        Malignant Brenner is a much rarer entity with only 0.02          percent incidence of all ovarian neoplasms. Here we present an elderly postmenopausal female presenting with an           abdominal distension, on clinical examination found to be an abdominopelvic mass .Imaging modalities revealed right  malignant ovarian mass for which total abdominal                       hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoophorectomy was done .Histopathological features were suggestive of          malignant Brenner tumour .We report this case for it s rare presentation and unique characteristics.

 


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