title: Mucinous tumors of the ovary. II. Ultrastructural features of mucinous cystadenocarcinomas.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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