Sex cord stromal tumours of the ovary,experience at shifa international hospital Islamabad

This descriptive study was carried out at pathology department,shifa international hospital from 2007 to 2016; all sex cord stromal tumours diagnosed during this time period were included. epithelial,germ cell and metastatic tumours were excluded from the study. a total of 1254 ovarian tumours were brought to shifa of which47 (4%) were labeled as sex cord stromal tumours. of these 36(76 %)were granulosa cell tumour (adult33,juvenile3),7 were labeled as sertoli leydig cell tumours (15%),3 as thecoma/ fibroma group (7%)and only one case was labeled as microcystic stromal tumour of the ovary (2%). overall age range for sex cord stromal tumours was 42 (12-71). immunohistochemistry was done in 41 out of 47 cases. sex cord stromal tumours of the ovary are rare tumours comprising 4% of the total. adult granulosa cell tumour is the commonest tumour seen in our study. © 2017,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.