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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features (non-invasive implants):
====Non-invasive implant====
*May look like lymphovascular invasion.
Features (non-invasive implant epithelial-type):<ref name=pmid3179935>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bell | first1 = DA. | last2 = Weinstock | first2 = MA. | last3 = Scully | first3 = RE. | title = Peritoneal implants of ovarian serous borderline tumors. Histologic features and prognosis. | journal = Cancer | volume = 62 | issue = 10 | pages = 2212-22 | month = Nov | year = 1988 | doi =  | PMID = 3179935 }}</ref>
*Papillary proliferation on surface.
*+/-Smooth contoured invagination into:
**Submesothelium.
**Omental fat lobules.
*No "stromal response":
**Fibrosis.
*+/-[[Psammoma bodies]].
 
Features (non-invasive implant desmoplastic-type):<ref name=pmid3179935>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bell | first1 = DA. | last2 = Weinstock | first2 = MA. | last3 = Scully | first3 = RE. | title = Peritoneal implants of ovarian serous borderline tumors. Histologic features and prognosis. | journal = Cancer | volume = 62 | issue = 10 | pages = 2212-22 | month = Nov | year = 1988 | doi =  | PMID = 3179935 }}</ref>
*Stromal reaction at restricted to the:
**Serosal surface.
**Fibrous septae.
*+/-[[Psammoma bodies]].
 
Note:
*No "destructive invasion".
**Irregular infiltration.
 
====Invasive implant====
Features (invasive implant):<ref name=pmid3179935/>
*Irregular infiltration of tumour into the submesothelial tissue - '''key feature''' - characterized by:
**+/-Solid nests.
**+/-Small glands +/- irregular "bridging" connections between glands - '''common'''.
*Nuclear atypia - '''common'''.
*+/-[[Psammoma bodies]].


===Stains===
===Stains===
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