Papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma

Medical condition
Papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma
Medium power slide of ovarian serous adenocarcinoma stained using haematoxylin and eosin
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Papillary serous cystadenocarcinomas are the most common form of malignant ovarian cancer making up 26 percent of ovarian tumours in women aged over 20 in the United States.[1]

As with most ovarian tumours, due to the lack of early signs of disease these tumours can be large when discovered and have often metastasized, often by spreading along the peritoneum.[2]

Histopathology

Papillary serous cystadenocarcinomas may exhibit psammoma bodies upon histopathology.[3]

Diagnosis

Epidemiology

Ovarian cancers in women aged 20+, with area representing relative incidence and color representing 5-year relative survival rate.[1] Papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma is labeled at center right.

Gallery

  • Papillary serous cystadenoma
    Papillary serous cystadenoma

References

  1. ^ a b Kosary CL (2007). "Chapter 16: Cancers of the Ovary". In Ries LA, Young JL, Keel GE, Eisner MP, Lin YD, Horner MJ (eds.). SEER Survival Monograph: Cancer Survival Among Adults: US SEER Program, 1988-2001, Patient and Tumor Characteristics. SEER Program. Vol. NIH Pub. No. 07-6215. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. pp. 133–144. Archived from the original on 2013-10-10.
  2. ^ "The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education". The University of Utah Eccles Health Sciences Library. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
  3. ^ Ovarian papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma at WebPath, The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education at Mercer University School of Medicine. Retrieved July 2011

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