Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma of Ovary in Preadolescence: An Ordinary Tumor but at an Unexpected Age

2015 
Malignant epithelial ovarian tumors are common in adult women, but are rare in childhood. Especially, mucinous ovarian cystadenocarcinoma are extremely rare in pediatric age group, only a limited number of cases are reported in this age group till date with no case reported in preadolescence age in the literature. We describe a case of mucinous cystadenocarcinoma in eleven year old premenarchal girl presenting with symptoms of abdominal distension and respiratory distress from last three months.
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