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==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
Features favouring metastatic mucinous carcinoma (from the [[GI tract]]) over primary ovarian mucinous carcinoma:<ref name=pmid18162780>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yemelyanova | first1 = AV. | last2 = Vang | first2 = R. | last3 = Judson | first3 = K. | last4 = Wu | first4 = LS. | last5 = Ronnett | first5 = BM. | title = Distinction of primary and metastatic mucinous tumors involving the ovary: analysis of size and laterality data by primary site with reevaluation of an algorithm for tumor classification. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 32 | issue = 1 | pages = 128-38 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3180690d2d | PMID = 18162780 }}</ref> | Features favouring metastatic mucinous carcinoma (from the [[GI tract]]) over primary ovarian mucinous carcinoma:<ref name=pmid18162780>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yemelyanova | first1 = AV. | last2 = Vang | first2 = R. | last3 = Judson | first3 = K. | last4 = Wu | first4 = LS. | last5 = Ronnett | first5 = BM. | title = Distinction of primary and metastatic mucinous tumors involving the ovary: analysis of size and laterality data by primary site with reevaluation of an algorithm for tumor classification. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 32 | issue = 1 | pages = 128-38 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3180690d2d | PMID = 18162780 }}</ref> | ||
*Bilaterality | *Bilaterality - both ovaries involved. | ||
*Small unilateral tumour size | *Small unilateral tumour size. | ||
**>13 cm = primary | **<10 cm suggests metastasis. | ||
**>13 cm = ovarian primary. | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||