A Case of Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Associated with Dysgenetic Gonad.

Bae, Chul Jun; Kwak, Yang Soo; Lee, Yong Hoon; Lee, Young Gi; Lee, Doo Jin; Lee, Tae Hyung; Lee, Sung Ho; Kim, Mi Jin

Obstet Gynecol Sci > Volume 40(7); 1997 > Article

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1997;40(7):1532-1537.
Published online January 1, 2001.

A Case of Mixed Germ Cell Tumor Associated with Dysgenetic Gonad.

Chul Jun Bae, Yang Soo Kwak, Yong Hoon Lee, Young Gi Lee, Doo Jin Lee, Tae Hyung Lee, Sung Ho Lee, Mi Jin Kim

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yeungnam University Medical College, Taegu, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, Yeungnam University Medical College, Taegu, Korea.

Abstract

Gonadal tumors occur in a small percentage of patients who are diagnosed as having gonadal dysgenesis. Most of the tumors were gonadoblastomas and dysgerminomas. We present here with brief review of literature one case of mixed germ cell tumor of phenotycally typical female without sexual ambiguity who presented with primary amenorrhea, short stature and minimal abnormal somatic features, whose chromosome analysis showed 45,X/ 46,X, +mar karyotype.

Key Words: Gonadal tumor, Gonadal dysgenesis