Ovarian fibromas are the most common benign solid ovarian tumors, which are often difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Ovarian fibromas, especially in bilateral cases, may be cases of Gorlin-Goltz syndrome (GGS), a rare autosomal dominant disorder with predisposition to basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and other various benign and malignant tumors. This case report describes a 25 year-old female w...

Mitotically active cellular fibroma (MACF) of the ovary is a relatively newly recognized histological disease entity which explains its scarce reporting in literature and unknown prognosis [1]. In this tumor type, high mitotic activity noticed without severe atypia. These tumors are categorized as benign ovarian with late recurrence, if any. However, we herein report an unusual case mitotically...

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There are many potential complications which have been reported in association with the naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. We have been able to show the relative frequencies of these problems in a population based study of 84 cases in the north west of England. The major complications of basal cell carcinomas and jaw cysts occur in over 90% of patients by 40 years of age, but may both occur...

Sclerosing stromal tumours of the ovary have recently been described as a histologically and clinically distinct subgroup within the thecoma-fibroma spectrum of benign ovarian sex cord stromal tumours. Reported cases occurred predominantly in young women and only occasional tumours showed evidence of hormonal activity. The present series of five cases expands the spectra of both histological pa...

Gorlin syndrome (GS), also known as nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS), is a rare inherited multisystem disorder. This paper presents a 22-years-old Iranian woman with this syndrome whose past history was multiple keratocysts of maxillary bone. She was referred to gynecology clinic with the chief complaint of irregular menses and vaginal spotting. On examination, frontal bossing and h...