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Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma with Sarcoma‐Like Mural Nodules
Author(s) -
Kataoka Akio,
Nishida Takashi,
Ueyama Takako,
Okina Hideto,
Yakushiji Michiaki
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb00936.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , mucinous cystadenocarcinoma , lesion , mural , adenocarcinoma , sarcoma , laparotomy , cystadenocarcinoma , vimentin , nodule (geology) , ovary , immunohistochemistry , radiology , cancer , paleontology , biology , painting , art , visual arts
We present a rare case of a 31‐year‐old woman with a mucinous ovarian tumor with sarcoma‐like mural nodules. The epithelial elements consisted of a mixture of benign, borderline‐malignant, and mucinous adenocarcinoma; the sarcoma‐like mural nodules consisted of pleomorphic and epulis‐like cells. The lesion was resected for an ovarian tumor. In an immunohistochemical study, these cells stained for lysozyme and vimentin. The patient received 2 courses of cisplatin (100 mg/m 2 ). There was no evidence of disease at a second‐look laparotomy after 1 year, and none upon examination 6 years after the initial operation. The mural nodules might be of non‐epithelial origin. The prognosis of patients with this rare lesion appears favorable, according to this and previous reports.