Mucinous tumors of the ovary. II. Ultrastructural features of mucinous cystadenocarcinomas.
On the basis of light microscopic and scanning and transmission ultrastructural observations, ovarian mucinous tumors of borderline malignancy contain two types of mucinous epithelium--an endocervical type and an intestinal type. The fully malignant tumors were composed solely of intestinal-type epithelium. These findings may have prognostic and therapeutic significance.
D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011379:Prognosis