Small Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary: Report of a Case with Unusual and Aggressive Presentation

Najib, Fatemeh Sadat; Momtahan, Mojdeh; Mokhtari, Maral; Moradi Alamdarloo, Shaghayegh; Poordast, Tahereh

Small Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary: Report of a Case with Unusual and Aggressive Presentation

Document Type : Case Report(s)

Authors

Fatemeh Sadat Najib ¹^{, 2}

Mojdeh Momtahan ¹

Maral Mokhtari ³

Shaghayegh Moradi Alamdarloo ¹

Tahereh Poordast ¹^{, 2}

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

² Infertility Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

³ Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Small cell carcinoma of the ovary is an aggressive malignant tumor with no standard treatment. Despite surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, this tumor has a poor prognosis with rapid progression. The authors report a case of small cell carcinoma of the ovary in a 37-year-old woman who presented twice with an acute abdomen and unstable hemodynamics which led to two urgent laparatomies. The patient died two months after her diagnosis of small cell carcinoma of the ovary and one course of chemotherapy.