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Cytopathological features of undifferentiated carcinoma of the ovary
Author(s) -
Kuwashima Yoshio,
Uehara Toshitaka,
Kishi Kiyozo,
Era Hideto,
Sano Yusaku,
Shiromizu Kenji,
Matsuzawa Masumi,
Takayama Shojiro
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.2840120313
Subject(s) - pathology , ovary , medicine , carcinoma , adenocarcinoma , ovarian carcinoma , cancer , ovarian cancer
Cytopathological characteristics of undifferentiated carcinoma of the ovary were examined and reviewed. Seven cases of undifferentiated carcinoma were encountered among 202 malignant ovarian neoplasms in the Saitama Cancer Center. Histologically, two cases contained a minor component of usual Müllerian carcinoma and five others were purely of solid architecture without differentiation. Nevertheless, six cases, four of which were totally undifferentiated histologically, showed cytological features characteristic of adenocarcinoma. the results indicate that even carcinomas histologically diagnosed as undifferentiated may have cytological features of glandular differentiation, which may be Müllerian in origin. © Wiley‐Liss, Inc.