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Pediatric germ cell tumors (GCTs) are the most important raretumors in childhood and adolescence and are often asymptomatic until theybecome an adnexal mass, compressing neighboring structures, associatedwith increased alpha-fetoprotein and abdominal or pelvic pain. In the presentstudy, we report the case of a patient with fever and presence of abdominaltumor that was submitted to surgery for removal of extensive ovarian tumor.The importance of the best way of treating germ cell neoplasia, as well as thesize of the surgical piece removed from the patient, motivated the study andreport of the case.Keywords: pediatric surgery, ovarian cancer. |
