Open AccessOvarian Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma Producing aIpha‐Fetoprotein:A Case Report
Author(s) -
Nomura Kouichi,
Miyasaka Yuri,
Murae Masamoto,
Terashima Yoshiteru,
Aizawa Shigeo
Publication year - 1992
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.1440-1827.1992.tb02888.x
Subject(s) - mucinous cystadenocarcinoma , medicine , cystadenocarcinoma , pathology , ovary , alpha fetoprotein , mucinous cystadenoma , ovarian tumor , adenocarcinoma , ovarian cancer , cancer , hepatocellular carcinoma
A 62‐ year‐ old woman with a complaint of abdominal dis‐tention underwent surgery to remove a tumor in her left ovary. The serum alpha‐ fetoprotein (AFP) level was 4,130 ng/ml. Histologically, the tumor was diagnosed as a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with a small area of solid proliferation of tumor cells. The cells of the latter part were shown immunohistochemically to possess AFP. We suppose that a part of the mucinous cystadenocarcinoma dedifferentiates and produces AFP. Acta Pathol Jpn 42: 372–375. 1992.