Does ovarian sex cord tumour with annular tubules produce progesterone?

J Dolan, Dolan J, A H Al-Timimi, Al-Timimi AH, S M Richards, Richards SM, Jeffs JB, J B Jeffs, Mason GC, G C Mason, D B Smith, Smith DB, P S Hasleton, Hasleton PS
Journal of clinical pathology · 1986 · vol. 39(1) , pp. 29–35 · doi:10.1136/jcp.39.1.29 · PMID:3512608 · PMC499609
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An immunoperoxidase assay identified probable progesterone production in an ovarian sex cord tumour with annular tubules, which was associated with a contralateral serous cystadenofibroma and cervical adenoma malignum.

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Probable progesterone production was identified by an immunoperoxidase assay in a case of an ovarian sex cord tumour with annular tubules. The tumour was associated with a serous cystadenofibroma in the opposite ovary and with adenoma malignum (adenocarcinoma) of the cervix.

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Granulosa Cell Tumor Ovarian Neoplasms Progesterone Sertoli Cell Tumor Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adenofibroma Adenofibroma Female Granulosa Cell Tumor Granulosa Cell Tumor Humans Immunoenzyme Techniques Middle Aged Neoplasms, Multiple Primary Neoplasms, Multiple Primary Ovarian Neoplasms Ovarian Neoplasms Progesterone Receptors, Progesterone

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