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Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors: Clinical Setting and Ultrasound Findings

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Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors (SCST) are tumors that arise from the non-germ cells and non-epithelial cells that surround the oocytes, including the cells that produce ovarian hormones. These tumors show proteiform ultrasonographic patterns and usually they appear as solid tumor with color score 3–4.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my friends and colleagues from the IOTA group for helping me to find new interesting images, especially Luca Savelli, Antonia C. Testa, Artur Czekierdowski, Stefano Guerriero, Jeroen Kaijser, and Dirk Timmerman.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium

    Caroline Van Holsbeke

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Caroline Van Holsbeke & Dirk Timmerman

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  2. Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, Singapore

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    Stefano Guerriero

  4. Biomedical Technologies, Inc, Roseville, California, USA

    Jasjit S. Suri

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Van Holsbeke, C., Timmerman, D. (2013). Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors: Clinical Setting and Ultrasound Findings. In: Saba, L., Acharya, U., Guerriero, S., Suri, J. (eds) Ovarian Neoplasm Imaging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8633-6_18

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