title: Ovarian fibroma: an unusual morphological presentation with elevated CA-125.
abstract: This paper reports a case of a 42 year old female patient who presented with a large multi septate, predominantly cystic ovarian mass with elevated CA-125 levels. A diagnosis of malignant ovarian tumour was made on grounds of pre operative investigations and radical surgery was planned. Histopathological examination however revealed an ovarian fibroma with cystic change reinforcing the non specificity of CA-125 as a marker of ovarian malignancy and establishing the importance of a proper histopathological examination even in the most obvious of cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. pincermail@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Anupama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arya
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Shweta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Kusum
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Indrani
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dhawan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen