Brenner tumor
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| D27 | Benign neoplasm of the ovary |
| C56 | Malignant neoplasm of the ovary |
| D39.1 | New formation of unsafe or unknown behavior: ovary |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
The Brenner Tumor ( Fritz Brenner (1877-1969), pathologist, Osthofen) is malignant usually benign, rare (0.5-9%), rounded coarse, to several centimeters large tumor of the ovary ( ovarian ), which preferably, manifested in women over the age of 50 and can produce estrogens in some cases . Because it is often very small (less than 2 cm), it is not infrequently a purely incidental finding in an ovary that has been removed for other reasons. Histologically, there are often circumscribed islands of urothelium surrounded by fibrosed stroma.
literature
- K. Wurster: The malignant Brenner tumor. In: Virchow's Archives Department A Pathological Anatomy. 352, 1971, pp. 267-278, doi : 10.1007 / BF00600676 .
