Open AccessPrimary Ovarian Mucinous Carcinoma with Signet Ring Cells – Report of A Rare Case
Author(s) -
Pereira Arias Jg,
Rajamanohar Vc,
Pozharisskiĭ Km,
Lakshmi Narasimhan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8402.4473
Subject(s) - krukenberg tumor , signet ring cell , mucinous carcinoma , ovary , medicine , pathology , signet ring cell carcinoma , differential diagnosis , ovarian carcinoma , carcinoma , presentation (obstetrics) , ring (chemistry) , ovarian cancer , adenocarcinoma , cancer , radiology , metastasis , chemistry , organic chemistry
Presence of signet ring cells in ovarian neoplasms are commonly encountered in Krukenberg tumours of ovary. Unusual presence in primary ovarian mucinous tumours may create a diagnostic difficulty. To the best of our knowledge only very few such cases have been reported in the literature indicating their rarity. We report a case of primary ovarian mucinous carcinoma with signet ring cells. The purpose of this presentation is to sensitize the pathologists to consider primary mucinous carcinoma as a differential diagnosis in tumours with signet ring cells.