Late Cystic Metastasis of an Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumor to the Liver

Ammar Aleter; Parag S Mahajan; Mahir A Petkar; Hatem A Abdulmajeed; Hatem Khalaf; Walid Elmoghazy; Ahmed Elaffandi

doi:10.7759/cureus.18051

Late Cystic Metastasis of an Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumor to the Liver

Cureus. 2021 Sep 17;13(9):e18051. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18051. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Ammar Aleter¹, Parag S Mahajan², Mahir A Petkar³, Hatem A Abdulmajeed², Hatem Khalaf^{1

4}, Walid Elmoghazy¹, Ahmed Elaffandi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
² Department of Clinical Imaging, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
⁴ College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, QAT.

Abstract

Granulosa cell tumor (GCT) is a unique form of sex cord tumor that is mostly unilateral and of low-grade malignancy. Most GCT recurrence is with pelvic or peritoneal dissemination. Liver metastasis is rarely reported. This study reports a rare case of GCT with liver metastasis nine years post initial presentation. We also discuss surgical intervention, radiological findings, histology, treatment approaches, and review of similar reported cases.

Keywords: granulosa cell tumor; late recurrence; liver metastasis; partial hepatectomy; sex cord stromal tumors.

Publication types

Case Reports