Adenosquamous-cell carcinoma of the ovary: report of a case with positive peritoneal fluid cytology.
Cytologic examination of peritoneal fluid showed only malignant squamous cells, without revealing adenocarcinomatous cell components, in a patient who had an endometrioid adenosquamous-cell carcinoma of the ovary. Histologic examination of the ovary demonstrated diffuse squamous-cell carcinoma with rare foci of endometrioid and abortive malignant glands, as well as isolated mucin-positive cells. The cytologic differential diagnosis of malignant squamous cells in peritoneal fluid and the pathogenesis of squamous-cell carcinoma of the ovary are discussed.
Kornacki
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Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103.
Chung
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Khan
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Sama
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*