Background: Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors are an uncommon heterogeneous group of tumors with different biological behaviors and clinico-patho - log ic aspects. Aim of the Work: This study will review the clinico-pathologic aspects of sex-cord stromal ovarian tumors at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University , Egypt, as well as their management and follow-up regarding disease free survival and overall survival. Patients and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the National Cancer Institute Cairo University , Egypt on female patients with ovarian sex cord stromal tumors in the period from January 2008 to December 2012 with a follow-up period of 24 to 84 months. The age of the patients, different clinical presentations, radiological findings, associated uterine bleeding (need for endometrial biopsy), pre-operative CA125 levels, surgical management done, different histopathological types, different biological behaviors, presence of ascites (and its correlation with the histopathology), Adjuvant chemotherapy (according to biological behavior and pathological type), and follow-up of non-benign cases for up to 84 months will all be documented and studied. Results: The mean age at presentation was 47.34; abdominal pain and mass were the commonest presentations 54.5% and 53.2% respectively; the main radiologic findings were a pelvic mass +/ - ascites which h ad no correlation to the pathological type (p = 0.075). Endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma were associated with 22% and 2.5% of cases respectively. Stages I and II represented 95% of patients with non-benign tumors (48 patients). Panhysterectomy +/ - infracolic omentectomy or fertility sparing surgery were done in 70.1% and 29.9% of patients respectively. AGCTs were the commonest pathological type (49.4%). Adjuvant chemotherapy was given to 14 patients (46.7%) with non- benign tumors. 6 recurrences (20%) in 30 patients with non-benign tumors on regular follow-up were documented. The median of disease free survival (DFS) was 50.5 months. The median overall survival was 49.5 months. Conclusion: Ovarian SCSTs are uncommon neoplasms with different biological behaviors where AGCTs are the commonest among Egyptian females. Hormonal manifestations are uncommon where abnormal vaginal bleeding is the commonest one. The presence of ascitic fluid has no correlation with the pathological type of the tumor. Early stages (I and II) represented about 95% of non-benign tumors. Surgical management without lymphadenectomy +/ - adjuvant chemotherapy is the main line of treatment at our institute. The OS was shorter than that documented in the literature. A small number of patients, reluctance of follow-up and unavailability of some patients’ data were the main drawbacks in this study.
KeywordsOvarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors
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