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Surgical Pathology

Case 4 - Low-Grade Serous Carcinoma (Macropapillary) of the Ovary Arising in an Atypical Proliferative Serous Tumor

Robert J. Kurman
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD


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Clinical Summary
A 53 year old woman presented with a pelvic mass and underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. At surgery bilateral ovarian tumors were found one measuring 8 cm and the other 6 cm in greatest dimension. Microscopically, the tumors were similar. Slides were from one of the ovarian tumors.


Case 4 - Figure 1 - Serous borderline with micropapillary pattern

Case 4 - Figure 2 - Serous borderline area

Case 4 - Figure 3 - Low grade serous carcinoma, area of stromal invasion

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