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- Title
Large Wolffian adnexal tumor of the ovary: A case report and literature review.
- Authors
YA-QIONG DU; SHU-ZHENG SONG; XIAO-CHUN NI; JU-GANG WU; SHOU-LIAN WANG; BO-JIAN JIANG; JI-WEI YU
- Abstract
Female Wolffian adnexal tumor (WAT) is a rare neoplasm arising from the remnants of the mesonephric duct and <100 cases have been reported globally. The present case report describes a 73-year-old female patient with WAT in the left ovary which, to the best of our knowledge, is the largest benign WAT tumor to be reported. In addition, the present case report reviewed previous studies on the clinical characteristics and therapy for WAT and the surgery methods for female WAT of ovary were summarized. WATs are typically benign; however, a number factors may increase the risk of malignancy.
- Subjects
ADNEXA uteri; ONCOLOGIC surgery; OVARIAN tumors; BENIGN tumors; HEALTH of older women; TUMORS; TUMOR treatment
- Publication
Oncology Letters, 2017, Vol 14, Issue 5, p5167
- ISSN
1792-1074
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3892/ol.2017.6859