Thecoma
Thecoma
Updated: 12/08/2018
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General features
- Usually > 40 years old, 65% after menopause
- May be hormonally active, associated with estrogenic and occasionally (if steroid cells present) androgenic symptoms
- Usually benign
- Luteinized thecomas: Thecoma with features of steroid hormone secreting cells; may be associated with sclerosing peritonitis and ascites
- Fibrothecoma: Combination of fibroma and thecoma
Clinical presentations
- Mass
- Presentations associated with estrogen effects: abnormal uterine bleeding
Key morphological features
- Usually unilateral
- Well-defined, firm, solid, yellow tumor
- Spindle cells with moderate pale cytoplasm containing lipid droplets and central nuclei
- Reticulin fibers surrounding individual cells (note: reticulin surrounds clusters of cells in granulosa cell tumors)
Treatment
- Surgery
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