Open AccessMALIGNANT GLIOMATOSIS PERITONEI ORIGINATING FROM CYSTIC OVARIAN TERATOMA
Author(s) -
Nagashima Kazuo,
Yamaguchi Kazuyoshi,
Hasumi Katsuhiko,
Oota Kunio
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1974.tb00841.x
Subject(s) - ovarian teratoma , medicine , autopsy , pathology , occult , peritoneal cavity , immature teratoma , teratoma , anatomy , germ cell tumors , chemotherapy , alternative medicine
An autopsy case of a malignant gliomatosis peritonei originating from cystic ovarian teratoma of a 22‐year‐old Japanese female is reported. The primary ovarian tumor, resected 8 months prior to death, consisted of a grade 3 teratoma with a small occult focus compatible with endodermal sinus tumor. The metastatic lesions which were found in the mediastinal and cervical lymph nodes as well as in the peritoneal cavity, consisted solely of atypical neuroglial elements. A review of the literatures describing the cases of benign glial implants and of immature neural elements is also presented.