Ovarian dysplasia. A study of identical twins.
The normal, identical twin sisters of patients who had been the subjects of ovarian cancer were subjected to prophylactic oophorectomy after the menopause. The finding of epithelial abnormality suggests a precancerous change similar to other genital epithelial dysplasia.
D000368:Aged; D002369:Castration; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014427:Twins; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic