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| Caption    = Serous borderline tumour with a micropapillary pattern. [[H&E stain]].
| Caption    = Serous borderline tumour with a micropapillary pattern. [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  =
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      = suboidal to columnar epithelium with mild to moderate atypia, no invasion (see below), "sparse" mitoses ,+/-[[ssammoma bodies]], +/-micropapillary architecture (often described as a ''medusa head'' pattern)
| Micro      = cuboidal to columnar epithelium with mild to moderate atypia, no invasion (see below), "sparse" mitoses ,+/-[[psammoma bodies]], +/-micropapillary architecture (often described as a ''medusa head'' pattern)
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  = serous borderline tumour (SBT) with micropapillary pattern, typical SBT ''or'' SBT not otherwise specified
| LMDDx      = [[serous cystadenoma]], [[serous carcinoma of the ovary]], [[clear cell carcinoma of the ovary]]  
| LMDDx      = [[serous cystadenoma of the ovary|serous cystadenoma]], [[serous carcinoma of the ovary]], [[clear cell carcinoma of the ovary]]  
| Stains    =
| Stains    =
| IHC        =
| IHC        =
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Features:<ref name=Ref_GP399>{{Ref GP|399}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_GP399>{{Ref GP|399}}</ref>
*Cuboidal to columnar epithelium with mild to moderate atypia.
*Cuboidal to columnar epithelium with mild to moderate atypia.
*No invasive.
*Non-invasive.
*"Sparse" mitoses.
*"Sparse" mitoses.
*+/-[[Psammoma bodies]].
*+/-[[Psammoma bodies]].
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**Invasive cells are "pink", i.e. have abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm,<ref name=Ref_GP399/>; also, cells usu. large (~2-3x size of non-invasive component), and typically have an enlarged nucleus (~2x non-invasive component).  
**Invasive cells are "pink", i.e. have abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm,<ref name=Ref_GP399/>; also, cells usu. large (~2-3x size of non-invasive component), and typically have an enlarged nucleus (~2x non-invasive component).  
*[[Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary]] - classically associated with [[endometriosis]], have simpler, smaller papillae without branching.
*[[Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary]] - classically associated with [[endometriosis]], have simpler, smaller papillae without branching.
*[[Serous cystadenoma]].
*[[Serous cystadenoma of the ovary]].


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