The association of enchondromatosis with malignant transformed chondrosarcoma and ovarian juvenile granulosa cell tumor (Ollier disease)
Ovarian juvenile granulosa cell tumor has an interesting association with multiple enchondromatosis (Ollier disease and Maffucci syndrome) and should be considered a leading diagnosis when an ovarian mass is found in young patients with these conditions. Besides the association with nonskeletal malignancies, there is a high risk of malignant transformation of enchondroma in chondrosarcoma as was also the case in this instance.
Source: Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Category: OBGYN Authors: Andrea Burgetova, Zdenek Matejovsky, Michal Zikan, Jiri Slama, Pavel Dundr, Petr Skapa, Kamila Benkova, David Cibula, Daniela Fischerova Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
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