Title: Histopathological Diagnosis of Ovarian Fibroma: A Rare Case Report
Authors: Ajit Singh, Surendra Prakash Vyas, Neelu Gupta
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i5.15
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
In the WHO histopathological classification of tumors of the ovary, fibroma is classified under the sex cord - stromal tumors. Ovarian fibroma is almost always benign in. They are rare in women under 20 years of age, occur usually in women above 30 years. Ovarian tumors in childhood and adolescence are also rare, accounting for approximately 1% of all malignant neoplasms in the age range of 0-17 yrs. The tumor belongs to the same histopathologic spectrum as an ovarian thecoma/ ovarian fibrothecoma.
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