Papillary serous carcinoma of the broad ligament: a rare case report.
Primary broad ligament carcinomas unassociated with either uterine or ovarian disease are extremely rare. This case report deals with such a rare occurrence of primary broad ligament carcinoma of the serous papillary type with foci of transitional differentiation in a 40 yr old woman with a clinical diagnosis of multiple fibroids of uterus. The highlight of this case is that besides being a rare tumor occurring in an unusual site such as the broad ligament the papillary serous carcinoma reported here also has a unique feature of transitional cell differentiation.
Hemalatha
A L
AL
Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Mysore, Karnataka. hlingappa@rediffmail.com
Rao
Sudha M
SM
Kumar
Deepak B
DB
Vani
M
M
D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001956:Broad Ligament / Q000473:pathology*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans