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''Small cell carcinoma, hypercalcemic type'', and ''small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type'' redirect here.
''Small cell carcinoma, hypercalcemic type'', and ''small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type'' redirect here.


A proposed name of the entity is ''malignant rhabdoid tumour of the ovary'', abbreviated ''MRTO''.<ref name=pmid24752781>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Foulkes | first1 = WD. | last2 = Clarke | first2 = BA. | last3 = Hasselblatt | first3 = M. | last4 = Majewski | first4 = J. | last5 = Albrecht | first5 = S. | last6 = McCluggage | first6 = WG. | title = No small surprise - small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcaemic type, is a malignant rhabdoid tumour. | journal = J Pathol | volume = 233 | issue = 3 | pages = 209-14 | month = Jul | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1002/path.4362 | PMID = 24752781 }}</ref>
A proposed name for this entity is ''malignant rhabdoid tumour of the ovary'', abbreviated ''MRTO''.<ref name=pmid24752781>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Foulkes | first1 = WD. | last2 = Clarke | first2 = BA. | last3 = Hasselblatt | first3 = M. | last4 = Majewski | first4 = J. | last5 = Albrecht | first5 = S. | last6 = McCluggage | first6 = WG. | title = No small surprise - small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcaemic type, is a malignant rhabdoid tumour. | journal = J Pathol | volume = 233 | issue = 3 | pages = 209-14 | month = Jul | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1002/path.4362 | PMID = 24752781 }}</ref>


==General==
==General==
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*Very rare.
*Very rare.
*Most common undifferentiated ovarian malignancy in individuals less than 40 years old.<ref name=pmid24658002/>
*Most common undifferentiated ovarian malignancy in individuals less than 40 years old.<ref name=pmid24658002/>
*Associated with SMARCA4 mutations - may be familial.<ref name=pmid24658002>{{cite journal |author=Witkowski L, Carrot-Zhang J, Albrecht S, ''et al.'' |title=Germline and somatic SMARCA4 mutations characterize small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type |journal=Nat. Genet. |volume=46 |issue=5 |pages=438–43 |year=2014 |month=May |pmid=24658002 |doi=10.1038/ng.2931 |url=}}</ref>
*Associated with SMARCA4 (BRG1) mutations - may be familial.<ref name=pmid24658002>{{cite journal |author=Witkowski L, Carrot-Zhang J, Albrecht S, ''et al.'' |title=Germline and somatic SMARCA4 mutations characterize small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type |journal=Nat. Genet. |volume=46 |issue=5 |pages=438–43 |year=2014 |month=May |pmid=24658002 |doi=10.1038/ng.2931 |url=}}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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