Difference between revisions of "Ovarian tumours"

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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Tubular glands.  
*Tubular glands.  
**Cribriform pattern common.
**Cribriform pattern common.
* May see mucinous secretion.<ref name=pmid18580313>{{cite journal |author=Baker P, Oliva E |title=A practical approach to intraoperative consultation in gynecological pathology |journal=Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=353-65 |year=2008 |month=July |pmid=18580313 |doi=10.1097/PGP.0b013e31815c24fe |url=}}</ref>
* May see mucinous secretion.<ref name=pmid18580313>{{cite journal |author=Baker P, Oliva E |title=A practical approach to intraoperative consultation in gynecological pathology |journal=Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=353-65 |year=2008 |month=July |pmid=18580313 |doi=10.1097/PGP.0b013e31815c24fe |url=}}</ref>
* May have squamous differentiation/squamous metaplasia (useful for differentiating from sex-cord stromal tumours and germ cell tumours).<ref name=pmid18580313/> - very useful feature.
* May have squamous differentiation/squamous metaplasia (useful for differentiating from sex-cord stromal tumours and germ cell tumours).<ref name=pmid18580313/> - very useful feature.
DDx:
*[[Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour]] - also has tubules.
*[[Serous carcinoma of the ovary]].


==Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary==
==Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary==
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