title: Transitional cell carcinoma of the ovary: a rare case and review of literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the ovary is a rare, recently recognized, subtype of ovarian surface epithelial cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 69-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with a 2-year history of progressive enlargement of an abdominal mass. Abdominal computed tomography showed a pelvic mass. CA-125 was normal. A staging operation with total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, infracolic omentectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection was performed. After surgery, the pathologic report of the right ovarian tumour was TCC, grade 3, stage IC. The patient underwent 3 cycles of chemotherapy: carboplatin and paclitaxel. She is regularly followed up and has been disease free for 10 months
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the ovary is a rare subtype of epithelial ovarian cancer. Surgical resection is the primary therapeutic approach, and patient outcomes after chemotherapy are better than for other types of ovarian cancers.
authors.affiliation: Departement of Medical Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Rabat, Morocco. moulay.elmehdi@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Tazi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lalya
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tazi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ahellal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: M'rabti
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Errihani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010388:Pelvis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents