Splenic metastasis of ovarian cancer appears to be more common in serous cystadenocarcinomas. Splenic metastasis usually occurs postoperatively and simultaneously with dissemination to the greater omentum and pelvic cavity. Compared with other ovarian cancer subtypes, ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (OCCA) is rare, accounting for <5% of all ovarian malignancies. OCCA has a distinct histologic...

Ovarian epithelial carcinoma originates from the surface mesothelium. It is controversial whether these tumors possess steroidogenic enzymes, similar to malignancies of other ovarian cell types. This study reports aromatase enzymatic activity for three epithelial cell lines, OV1225, OV166, and 2774, established from patients with ovarian adenocarcinoma. Aneuploidy of the cells was demonstrated ...

We report a case of a 44-year-old woman with bilateral ovarian carcinoma that had metastasized from the colon and mimicked primary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma. Macroscopically, both ovarian tumors were large, multiloculated cystic masses with abundant mucinous content. Histologically, they were lined with mucinous epithelium with mild to moderate nuclear atypia and showed stromal invasion and s...

BACKGROUND Animal studies have shown that regional anaesthesia and analgesia may prevent or attenuate the surgical stress response by preserving immune function and result in better long-term outcome. We have tested the hypothesis that patients with ovarian serous adenocarcinoma who had surgery with epidural anaesthesia and analgesia would have better long-term outcome than those who were given...

•The case presented is that of a primary debulking surgery for presumed ovarian cancer.•Final pathology revealed diffusely metastatic endocervical adenocarcinoma.•After primary chemotherapy, the patient has remained disease-free 30 months after surgery.

Peritoneal pseudomyxoma is a pathological condition that compromises the peritoneum, characterized by the production of large quantities of mucinous liquid, which progressively fills the peritoneal cavity, originating in general from mucinous appendicular or ovarian tumors. We report a peritonial pseudomyxoma associated with mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix synchronic with adenocarcinoma...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Mature cystic teratomas (MCTs) are the most common germ cell tumors of the ovary. Malignant tranformation occurs in 1-2% of these neoplasms. Although most of the malignancies arising from MCTs are squamous cell carcinomas, adenocarcinoma of the gastrointestinal type is extremery rare. We herein present a case of adenocarcinoma of the intestinal type arising from a MCT. ...

Obstructive jaundice resulting from malignancy of gastrointestinal tract and hepatobiliary tract has been reported in various studies. Ovarian malignancy leading to obstructive jaundice due to portal lymphadenopathy is of rare occurrence. We report a case presented with obstructive jaundice and on further evaluation, found to have ovarian papillary cyst adenocarcinoma with secondaries at porta ...

There is consensus that two distinct histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer, i.e. clear-cell carcinoma and mucinous adenocarcinoma, are more resistant to chemotherapy and have a worse prognosis than the papillary serous type [1, 2]. Therefore, gynecological trial groups have been conducting histotypespecific trials for these two entities. In this article, we discuss the updated status of trial...