Gynecologic Oncology Case Reports - Hypercalcemia in a child with a juvenile granulosa cell tumor of ovary: Report of an unusual paraneoplastic syndrome and review of the literature

open access: Gynecologic Oncology Case Reports - Hypercalcemia in a child with a juvenile granulosa cell tumor of ovary: Report of an unusual paraneoplastic syndrome and review of the literature

 Highlights
► hypercalcemia is an extremely rare paraneoplastic syndrome in children
► small cell carcinoma is the commonest ovarian tumor associated with hypercalcemia and must be ruled out because of poor prognosis
► we report the only third case of juvenile granulosa cell tumor associated with paraneoplastic hypercalcemia