Subcapsular adipocytic infiltration of the human ovary: a clinicopathologic study of eight cases.
A systematic pathologic study of excised ovaries uncovered 8 cases of microscopic adipocytic infiltration of the subcapsular ovarian cortical stroma among 449 patients subjected to unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy with or without hysterectomy for common gynecologic disorders. As this process was only detected in the routine paraffin sections, no fresh tissue was available for ultrastructural, histochemical and biochemical investigations. Its differential diagnosis is presented, and the possible role of obesity is discussed in its causation.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009765:Obesity / Q000473:pathology; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*