Steroid Cell Tumour - A Rare Ovarian Tumour Variant

Abstract

Steroid cell tumors of the ovary are extremely rare, of all ovarian tumors. The tumors belong to the sex cord-stromal tumors and account for <0.1% of all ovarian neoplasms. Here we present a case of a young lady who presented to us with amenorrhoea, with thorough history taking, diagnostic workup and postoperative histopathological evaluation found to have a rare kind of ovarian tumour - Steroid cell tumour.