Figure 1: A granulosa cell tumor found in the left ovary of a 3.5-year-old female cynomolgus monkey. The right ovary and uterus were normal on microscopic evaluation. We diagnosed the left ovarian ...

An asymptomatic 66-year-old woman with metastatic breast carcinoma in the pelvis was recently diagnosed with a pelvic granulosa cell tumor with widespread peritoneal deposits. Histologically ...

A 23-year-old woman presented with a 7 cm right multicystic mass in the ovary, which corresponded microscopically to an unusual lesion consisting of a multifocal granulosa cell tumor with ...

Examination of Japanese cases of gynecological cancer offers a better understanding of the profile of a rare ovarian tumor and could change treatment guidelines. Ovarian granulosa cell tumors are ...

Mutations in its gene are involved in ovarian failure and granulosa cell tumors, being the latter a rare cancer type caused in most cases by the C134W mutation (c.402C>G) in the FOXL2 gene. By using ...

Granulosa cell tumors (GCT) are a rare subtype of ovarian cancers, characterized by a slow clinical progression and high rates of late recurrence. With limited treatment options available apart from ...

Your ovaries have three main types of cells, and a tumor can develop in any of them. The three types are: Most cases of ovarian cancer involve tumors that start in the layer of tissue that covers ...

most tumors that originate from sex cord or stromal cells, such as granulosa-cell tumors, produce hormones. Epithelial ovarian tumors may be malignant, benign, or borderline. 1,2 On ...

A fetus is made from a sperm cell and an egg cell. Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are also known as germ cell cancer. Germ cells later turn into either sperm in the testicles or eggs in the ovaries. Sex cord ...

Communication between oocytes and granulosa cells is essential for oocyte formation, dormancy, reawakening, and maturation. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that a protein ...