Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma
with Mural Nodule of Anaplastic Carcinoma
and Synchronous Cervical Squamous Carcinoma
Tamiolakis D.1, Venizelos I.2, Nikolaidou S.1, Lambropoulou M.3, Bolioti S.1, Papadopoulos N.3
1Department of Cytology, General Hospital of Chania, Crete 2Department of Pathology, Ippokration Hospital of Salonica 3Department of Histology-Embryology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece |
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Summary:
Solid mural nodule within a mucinous cystic ovarian tumor occurs more often than generally
presumed. One especially interesting case involving coincidental cervical carcinoma is
presented.
A 38-year-old woman underwent exploratory laparotomy for a right ovarian tumor. After ovarian
malignancy had been diagnosed from frozen section, the bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and
hysterectomy was performed. The tumor had a unilocular cystic cavity and a mural nodule. The
nodule showed undifferentiated carcinomatous features. The immunohistochemical examination
revealed atypical cells in the nodule which were positive for cytokeratin, CEA, and vimentine,
establishing its anaplastic nature. A synchronous cervical invasive squamous carcinoma was
documented. The patient was treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Currently, at 15
postoperative months, she is well and free of disease.
The occurrence of ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with mural nodule of anaplastic
carcinoma and cervical squamous cell carcinoma is evidently very uncommon, because we have
not found a similar case in the literature.
Key words:
ovary – mucinous cystadenocarcinoma – mural nodule – anaplastic carcinoma –
cervical carcinoma
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