title: Small cell carcinoma of the ovary presenting as bone marrow metastasis: a rare presenting feature.
abstract: Small cell carcinoma (SCC) of ovary-hypercalcaemic type is a rare cancer of young pre-menopausal women of unclear histogenesis. Bone metastasis and bone marrow infiltration by ovarian carcinomas is a rare feature and only a few case reports are available in the literature. Herein we report a case of small cell carcinoma-hypercalcaemic type of both the ovaries with bone marrow infiltration and features of metastatic calcification in various organs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. umasakia@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Uma Nahar
authors.initials: UN
authors.lastname: Saikia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D019046:Bone Marrow Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*