title: [Clinicopathologic analysis of ovarian serous and mucinous borderline tumors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the clinicopathological features of ovarian borderline tumors and evaluate the significance of various histological appearances.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-five patients with borderline tumors were analyzed retrospectively. The stage distribution was stage I, 34 patients, stage II, 4 patients and stage III, 7 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-five cases of borderline tumors accounted for 25.4% of ovarian epithelial malignant tumors. The ratio of serous borderline tumors (SBTs) to mucinous borderline tumors (MBTs) was approximately 1:1.3. Nine of eleven SBTs with exophytic growth presented peritoneal implants, of which two were invasive and seven noninvasive. Two SBTs and 1 MBT recurred after 5, 4, and 1 years respectively. Thirty-three cases were followed from 2 to 9 years. The 5-year survival rate was 100% (Kaplan-Meir method).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prognosis of the SBTs is favorable. SBTs with exophytic growth are often associated with peritoneum implants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jiangxi Women and Children's Health Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies