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An introduction to the ovary is in the ''[[ovary]]'' article, which also deals benign cysts. | An introduction to the ovary is in the ''[[ovary]]'' article, which also deals benign cysts. | ||
What was labeled "ovarian cancer" in the past may really arise from [[fallopian tube]].<ref name=pmid19574767>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hirst | first1 = JE. | last2 = Gard | first2 = GB. | last3 = McIllroy | first3 = K. | last4 = Nevell | first4 = D. | last5 = Field | first5 = M. | title = High rates of occult fallopian tube cancer diagnosed at prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. | journal = Int J Gynecol Cancer | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 826-9 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a1b5dc | PMID = 19574767 }}</ref> The label ''tubo-ovarian cancer'' | |||
has been advocated to address this change. These tumours are dealt with in this article. | |||
=Clinical= | =Clinical= | ||
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{{Main|Metastases}} | {{Main|Metastases}} | ||
==Generally== | ==Generally== | ||
* Mostly Muellerian origin (uterus, fallopian tube) or pelvic peritoneum. | * Mostly Muellerian origin (uterus, [[fallopian tube]]) or pelvic [[peritoneum]]. | ||
==Extramuellerian metastatic tumours== | ==Extramuellerian metastatic tumours== | ||