Abstract

A young girl presented with a solid pelvic tumor, was found to be steroid cell tumor of ovary, is described herebecause of its rarity and its association with unexplained anemia which was spontaneously corrected after thetumor removal.Ovarian steroid cell tumor is known to account for approximately 0.1% of all ovarian neoplasms and isunfortunately seen to exerts malignant potentials although its association with multiple different endocrine orparaneoplastic changes are the main issues with affection to women of young as well.Key words: Steroid cell tumor; lipoid tumor.DOI: 10.3126/njog.v4i1.3334Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology June-July 2009; 4(1): 52-54

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