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→Gastrointestinal tract mucinous carcinoma metastasis vs. primary ovarian mucinous carincoma
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** Krukenberg tumour = [[signet ring cell]] cancer with mucin production of GI origin. | ** Krukenberg tumour = [[signet ring cell]] cancer with mucin production of GI origin. | ||
=== | ===Mucinous carcinoma - [[GI tract]] metastasis vs. primary ovarian=== | ||
Features favouring metastatic disease:<ref name=pmid18162780>PMID 18162780 | Features favouring metastatic disease:<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 -- both ovaries involved. | *Bilaterality -- both ovaries involved. | ||
*Small unilateral tumour size -- <10 cm = metastatic. | *Small unilateral tumour size -- <10 cm = metastatic. | ||