title: Primary ovarian mucinous carcinoma with signet ring cells - report of a rare case.
abstract: Presence of signet ring cells in ovarian neoplasms are commonly encountered in Krukenberg tumours of ovary. Unusual presence in primary ovarian mucinous tumours may create a diagnostic difficulty. To the best of our knowledge only very few such cases have been reported in the literature indicating their rarity. We report a case of primary ovarian mucinous carcinoma with signet ring cells. The purpose of this presentation is to sensitize the pathologists to consider primary mucinous carcinoma as a differential diagnosis in tumours with signet ring cells.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital , Thandalam, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Jaya Ganesh
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: P
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital , Thandalam, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Vimal Chander
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: R
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pathology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Kanchana M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: P
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Oncology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Lakshmi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Narasimhan
keywords: Mucinous carcinoma ovary; Signet ring cells