Abstract: Ovarian steroid cell tumors are rare ovarian tumors. Most of these are benign diseases, but there are also risks of malignant transformation. They can produce steroid hormones, especially androgen. The imaging manifestations of this disease are unspecific. The diagnosis is based on histopathological and immunohistochemical markers. Surgical resection is the main treatment, but people have also begun to try gonadotropin releasing hormone analogues (GnRHα) to treat this disease in recent years. We analyze retrospectively the diagnosis and treatment process of 1 case of non-specific steroid cell tumor at the Second Hospital of Jilin University, and review related literature. We aim to present the progress of the clinical diagnosis and treatment of ovarian steroid cell tumor, as well as analyze its clinical characteristics, in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment level of the disease.

Key words: Ovarian neoplasms, Sterols, Virilism, Immunohistochemistry, Diagnosis, differential