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Well Differentiated Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor

MedGen UID:
137754
•Concept ID:
C0334405
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Androblastoma, benign; Arrhenoblastoma, benign; Benign androblastoma; Benign arrhenoblastoma
SNOMED CT: Benign androblastoma (83802009); Benign arrhenoblastoma (83802009); Androblastoma, benign (83802009); Arrhenoblastoma, benign (83802009)

Definition

A Sertoli-Leydig tumor of the ovary characterized by the presence of Sertoli cells in tubules without evidence of significant nuclear atypia or mitotic activity. Primitive gonadal stromal cells are not present. It usually follows a benign clinical course. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVWell Differentiated Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor

Professional guidelines

PubMed

From diagnosis to treatment of androgen-secreting ovarian tumors: a practical approach.
Rojewska P, Meczekalski B, Bala G, Luisi S, Podfigurna A
Gynecol Endocrinol 2022 Jul;38(7):537-542. Epub 2022 Jun 1 doi: 10.1080/09513590.2022.2083104. PMID: 35647677
Immunohistochemical analysis of sox9 in ovarian Sertoli cell tumors and other tumors in the differential diagnosis.
Zhao C, Bratthauer GL, Barner R, Vang R
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2007 Jan;26(1):1-9. doi: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000232026.22861.b5. PMID: 17197889
Management of early ovarian cancer: germ cell and sex cord-stromal tumors.
Gershenson DM
Gynecol Oncol 1994 Dec;55(3 Pt 2):S62-72. PMID: 7530680

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Review on Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumours of the Ovary.
Muscat C, Calleja-Agius J
Discov Med 2024 Feb;36(181):234-247. doi: 10.24976/Discov.Med.202436181.22. PMID: 38409829
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor: a clinicopathological analysis in a comprehensive, national cohort.
Bekker P, Miland-Samuelsen AR, Smerdel MP, Schnack TH, Lauszus FF, Karstensen SH
Int J Gynecol Cancer 2023 Dec 4;33(12):1921-1927. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2023-004945. PMID: 37907261
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary: Analysis of a single institution database and review of the literature.
Durmuş Y, Kılıç Ç, Çakır C, Yüksel D, Boran N, Karalök A, Boyraz G, Turan AT
J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2019 Jul;45(7):1311-1318. Epub 2019 May 20 doi: 10.1111/jog.13977. PMID: 31106943
Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumours and their mimics.
Young RH
Pathology 2018 Jan;50(1):5-15. Epub 2017 Nov 11 doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2017.09.007. PMID: 29132723
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors: a single institution experience and review of the literature.
Gressel GM, Buza N, Pal L
Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 2017;38(2):214-220. PMID: 29953783

Diagnosis

Review on Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumours of the Ovary.
Muscat C, Calleja-Agius J
Discov Med 2024 Feb;36(181):234-247. doi: 10.24976/Discov.Med.202436181.22. PMID: 38409829
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor: a clinicopathological analysis in a comprehensive, national cohort.
Bekker P, Miland-Samuelsen AR, Smerdel MP, Schnack TH, Lauszus FF, Karstensen SH
Int J Gynecol Cancer 2023 Dec 4;33(12):1921-1927. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2023-004945. PMID: 37907261
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary: Analysis of a single institution database and review of the literature.
Durmuş Y, Kılıç Ç, Çakır C, Yüksel D, Boran N, Karalök A, Boyraz G, Turan AT
J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2019 Jul;45(7):1311-1318. Epub 2019 May 20 doi: 10.1111/jog.13977. PMID: 31106943
Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumours and their mimics.
Young RH
Pathology 2018 Jan;50(1):5-15. Epub 2017 Nov 11 doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2017.09.007. PMID: 29132723
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors: a single institution experience and review of the literature.
Gressel GM, Buza N, Pal L
Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 2017;38(2):214-220. PMID: 29953783

Therapy

Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumors of the Ovary With Follicular Differentiation Often Resembling Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor: A Report of 38 Cases Including Comments on Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors of Mixed Forms (So-called Gynandroblastoma).
Ordulu Z, Young RH
Am J Surg Pathol 2021 Jan;45(1):59-67. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001544. PMID: 32815828
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors: a single institution experience and review of the literature.
Gressel GM, Buza N, Pal L
Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 2017;38(2):214-220. PMID: 29953783
Ovarian sertoli-leydig cell tumors: A multicenter long-term clinicopathological analysis of 27 patients.
Akman L, Ertas IE, Gokcu M, Terek MC, Sanci M, Sanli UA, Zekioglu O, Ozsaran AA
J Cancer Res Ther 2016 Jan-Mar;12(1):290-4. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.158037. PMID: 27072253
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor: a report of seven cases and a review of the literature.
Xiao H, Li B, Zuo J, Feng X, Li X, Zhang R, Wu L
Gynecol Endocrinol 2013 Mar;29(3):192-5. Epub 2012 Nov 23 doi: 10.3109/09513590.2012.738723. PMID: 23173550
Management of early ovarian cancer: germ cell and sex cord-stromal tumors.
Gershenson DM
Gynecol Oncol 1994 Dec;55(3 Pt 2):S62-72. PMID: 7530680

Prognosis

Review on Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumours of the Ovary.
Muscat C, Calleja-Agius J
Discov Med 2024 Feb;36(181):234-247. doi: 10.24976/Discov.Med.202436181.22. PMID: 38409829
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor: a clinicopathological analysis in a comprehensive, national cohort.
Bekker P, Miland-Samuelsen AR, Smerdel MP, Schnack TH, Lauszus FF, Karstensen SH
Int J Gynecol Cancer 2023 Dec 4;33(12):1921-1927. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2023-004945. PMID: 37907261
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumors: Epidemiological, Clinical and Prognostic Factors.
Castro BGR, Souza CP, Andrade CEMDC, Vieira MA, Andrade DAP, Reis RD
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2019 Jul;41(7):440-448. Epub 2019 Jul 25 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1693056. PMID: 31344718Free PMC Article
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors: a single institution experience and review of the literature.
Gressel GM, Buza N, Pal L
Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 2017;38(2):214-220. PMID: 29953783
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors. A clinicopathological analysis of 207 cases.
Young RH, Scully RE
Am J Surg Pathol 1985 Aug;9(8):543-69. doi: 10.1097/00000478-198508000-00001. PMID: 3911780

Clinical prediction guides

Review on Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumours of the Ovary.
Muscat C, Calleja-Agius J
Discov Med 2024 Feb;36(181):234-247. doi: 10.24976/Discov.Med.202436181.22. PMID: 38409829
Well-differentiated Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumors (SLCTs) Are Not Associated With DICER1 Pathogenic Variants and Represent a Different Tumor Type to Moderately and Poorly Differentiated SLCTs.
McCluggage WG, Rivera B, Chong AS, Clarke BA, Schultz KAP, Dehner LP, Tchrakian N, Apellaniz-Ruiz M, Gilks CB, Kommoss F, Stewart CJR, Foulkes WD
Am J Surg Pathol 2023 Apr 1;47(4):490-496. Epub 2022 Dec 30 doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002010. PMID: 36583307
Ovarian tumors: a survey of selected advances of note during the life of this journal.
Young RH
Hum Pathol 2020 Jan;95:169-206. Epub 2019 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2019.09.002. PMID: 31654691
Ovarian Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors.
Schultz KA, Harris AK, Schneider DT, Young RH, Brown J, Gershenson DM, Dehner LP, Hill DA, Messinger YH, Frazier AL
J Oncol Pract 2016 Oct;12(10):940-946. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2016.016261. PMID: 27858560Free PMC Article
Diagnostic utility of WT1 immunostaining in ovarian sertoli cell tumor.
Zhao C, Bratthauer GL, Barner R, Vang R
Am J Surg Pathol 2007 Sep;31(9):1378-86. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3180339961. PMID: 17721194

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