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'''Serous carcinoma of the ovary''', also '''ovarian serous carcinoma''', is relatively common malignant [[ovarian tumour]].
'''Serous carcinoma of the ovary''', also '''ovarian serous carcinoma''', is relatively common malignant [[ovarian tumour]].


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*[[Serous borderline tumour]]s for low-grade serious carcinoma.
*[[Serous borderline tumour]]s for low-grade serious carcinoma.
*[[Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma]] (STIC)<ref name=pmid23240669>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vang | first1 = R. | last2 = Shih | first2 = IeM. | last3 = Kurman | first3 = RJ. | title = Fallopian tube precursors of ovarian low- and high-grade serous neoplasms. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 62 | issue = 1 | pages = 44-58 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1111/his.12046 | PMID = 23240669 }}</ref> for high-grade serous carcinoma.  
*[[Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma]] (STIC)<ref name=pmid23240669>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vang | first1 = R. | last2 = Shih | first2 = IeM. | last3 = Kurman | first3 = RJ. | title = Fallopian tube precursors of ovarian low- and high-grade serous neoplasms. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 62 | issue = 1 | pages = 44-58 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1111/his.12046 | PMID = 23240669 }}</ref> for high-grade serous carcinoma.  
==Gross==
*Ovarian mass.
**Typically solid with multiple cystic areas.
**Often >10 cm.
Note:
*Lesions <10 cm unilocular lesions are usu. benign.
<ref name=pmid9570990>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bailey | first1 = CL. | last2 = Ueland | first2 = FR. | last3 = Land | first3 = GL. | last4 = DePriest | first4 = PD. | last5 = Gallion | first5 = HH. | last6 = Kryscio | first6 = RJ. | last7 = van Nagell | first7 = JR. | title = The malignant potential of small cystic ovarian tumors in women over 50 years of age. | journal = Gynecol Oncol | volume = 69 | issue = 1 | pages = 3-7 | month = Apr | year = 1998 | doi = 10.1006/gyno.1998.4965 | PMID = 9570990 }}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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