Miscellaneous ovarian tumours

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The article collects miscellaneous ovarian tumours, as per the WHO classification.[1]

Ovarian small cell carcinoma of the hypercalcemic type

  • AKA small cell carcinoma, hypercalcemic type, AKA small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type.

General

  • Hypercalcemia.[2]
  • Rare.

Microscopic

Features:[2]

  • Small cell carcinoma.
  • Follicle-like spaces.

Images:

References

  1. Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 403. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Young, RH.; Oliva, E.; Scully, RE. (Nov 1994). "Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type. A clinicopathological analysis of 150 cases.". Am J Surg Pathol 18 (11): 1102-16. PMID 7943531.