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Pediatric ovarian immature teratoma: Histological grading and clinical characteristics.

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BACKGROUND:Ovarian immature teratomas (ITs) are relatively rare among all pediatric ovarian tumors. The histological grading for ovarian ITs, which ranges from 1 to 3, is based on the proportion of immature neuroepithelial component. Higher-grade ITs in adults are treated as malignant neoplasms and require adjuvant chemotherapy. However, there is no consensus on the therapeutic management of pediatric ovarian ITs. The aim of our study was to analyze the histological grades and clinical characteristics of ovarian ITs in pediatric patients. METHODS:This retrospective chart review consisted of seven patients, including one, three, and three patients with histological grade 1, 2, and 3 pediatric ovarian ITs, respectively, who were treated at our institute between 2000 and 2016. Collected data comprised age, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level, clinical stage, tumor size, treatment, and prognosis. RESULTS:The median age and AFP levels of patients with grade 1, 2, and 3 ovarian ITs were 8, 7, and 10 years and 37, 112, and 221 ng/ml, respectively. All cases were Children Oncology Group (COG) stage I and International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IA. All patients had unilateral tumors in the right ovary. The median tumor sizes of the grade 1, 2, and 3 IT patients were 104, 160, and 100 cm2, respectively. All patients underwent primary open surgery alone. Two patients, including one patient each with grade 2 and 3 ITs, underwent tumor enucleation as ovary-sparing surgery, whereas the remaining five patients underwent unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The median follow-up was seven years, and all cases achieved event-free survival. CONCLUSIONS:Clinical characteristics of patients with grade 3 ovarian ITs were relatively older and had higher AFP levels than those with lower-grade ITs. According to our patient's clinical course and prognosis, COG stage I pediatric ITs should be treated by surgery alone and that postoperative chemotherapy is unnecessary even for those with grade 3 ITs as well as patients with rather low AFP levels. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:IV.

journal_name

J Pediatr Surg

journal_title

Journal of pediatric surgery

authors

Shinkai T,Masumoto K,Chiba F,Shirane K,Tanaka Y,Aiyoshi T,Sasaki T,Ono K,Gotoh C,Urita Y,Takayasu H,Suzuki R,Sakashita S

doi

10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.04.037

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-04-01 00:00:00

pages

707-710

issue

eissn

0022-3468

issn

1531-5037

pii

S0022-3468(19)30348-3

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Pediatric ovarian immature teratoma: Histological grading and clinical characteristics.