| Brenner Tumor
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Etiology
• unknown
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Pathogenesis
• unknown,
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Epidemiology
• peri- or
postmenopausal women
• only 10% bilateral
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General Gross Description
• solid or
cystic
• yellow-tan, firm
• frequently microscopic
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• nests or cysts of cells resembling
urothelium
• generally bland, monotonous, benign nuclei
•Examples:
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References
• Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 1070
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| Brenner Tumor
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T87000M90000)[44]
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