A Case of Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma with Mural Nodule of Anaplastic Carcinoma.
- Author:
Mee Sook ROH
;
Sook Hee HONG
;
Tai Young HWANG
;
Hyun Ho KIM
;
Goo Hwa JE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma;
Sarcoma-like mural nodule;
Anaplastic carcinoma;
Ovary
- MeSH:
Carcinoma*;
Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous*;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Mucins*;
Ovary;
Prognosis;
Sarcoma
- From:Korean Journal of Gynecologic Oncology and Colposcopy
1996;7(3):243-247
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Mural nodules in ovarian mucinous tumors, whether benign, borderline, or malignant, have been described by several authors since Prat and Scully first described sarcoma or sarcoma-like mural nodules occurring in association with mucinous epithelial neoplasia in 1979. Three distinct types of the mural nodule have been identified; i. e., 1) sarcoma-like lesion, 2) true mesenchymal sarcome, and 3) anaplastic carcinoma simulating a sarcoma. Mural nodules of sarcomatous and carcinomatous foci associated with mucinous ovarian tumors should be separated from sarcoma-like nodules because of the poor prognosis of the former compared to the favorable prognosis of the latter. We experienced a case of ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with sarcoma-appearing mural nodule of anaplastic carcinoma occurred in a 59-year-old woman and reported with brief review of the literatures.