An ovarian mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from mature cystic teratoma associated with respiratory type tissue: a case report.
Mature cystic teratoma (dermoid cyst) is the most common benign germ cell tumor of the ovary, accounting for approximately 30% of all ovarian tumors. Malignant transformation is rare; the most frequent transformation reported is to squamous-cell carcinoma in 80% of cases, whereas transformation to adenocarcinoma is described in about 7% of cases. We report a case of malignant transformation to mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from respiratory-like epithelium in a mature teratoma of the ovary.
Cobellis
Luigi
L
Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Siena, Italy.
Schürfeld
Karin
K
Ignacchiti
Erika
E
Santopietro
Rosa
R
Petraglia
Felice
F
D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology*