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==Classification==
==Classification==
===The Latta rule of fives===
===The Latta rule of fives===
Can be divided as follows:<ref>PBoD P.1093.</ref><ref>LAE. 22 October 2009.</ref>
Can be divided as follows:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1093>{{Ref PBoD|1093}}</ref><ref>LAE. 22 October 2009.</ref>
# Surface epithelial tumours (most common).
# Surface epithelial tumours (most common).
# Sex cord stromal tumours (SCSTs).
# Sex cord stromal tumours (SCSTs).
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==Surface epithelial tumours==
==Surface epithelial tumours==
Most common subtypes - in short:<ref>PBoD PP.1096-7.</ref>
Most common subtypes - in short:<ref>{{Ref PBoD|1096-7}}</ref>
*Serous:  
*Serous:  
**Columnar cells.  
**Columnar cells.  
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**Many papillae.
**Many papillae.


===Microscopy<ref>PBoD P.1096.</ref>===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1096>{{Ref PBoD |1096}}</ref>
*Tubal like epithelium:  
*Tubal like epithelium:  
**Ciliated.
**Ciliated.
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==Mucinous tumours==
==Mucinous tumours==
*May arise in [[endometriosis]]<ref>PBoD P.1097.</ref>
*May arise in [[endometriosis]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD1097>{{Ref PBoD |1097}}</ref>


===Gross===
===Gross===
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==Clear cell adenocarcinoma==
==Clear cell adenocarcinoma==
===General===
===General===
* Thought to be related to endometrioid carcinoma.<ref>PBoD P.1098.</ref>
* Thought to be related to endometrioid carcinoma.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1098>{{Ref PBoD |1098}}</ref>
** Increased risk of CC adenoca in people with endometriosis.
** Increased risk of CC adenoca in people with endometriosis.
* Worse prognosis vs. other surface epithelial tumours<ref>{{cite journal |author=Hauptmann S, Köbel M |title=[Prognostic factors in ovarian carcinoma] |language=German |journal=Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol |volume=89 |issue= |pages=92-100 |year=2005 |pmid=18035678 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* Worse prognosis vs. other surface epithelial tumours<ref>{{cite journal |author=Hauptmann S, Köbel M |title=[Prognostic factors in ovarian carcinoma] |language=German |journal=Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol |volume=89 |issue= |pages=92-100 |year=2005 |pmid=18035678 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
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===Microscopy===
===Microscopy===
Features:
Features:
*Nests of transitional epithelium.<ref>PBoD P.1098.</ref>
*Nests of transitional epithelium.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1098>{{Ref PBoD|1098}}</ref>
*"Coffee bean nucleus".
*"Coffee bean nucleus".
**Elliptical shape (nucleus).
**Elliptical shape (nucleus).
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==Dysgerminoma==
==Dysgerminoma==
===General===
===General===
* Female counterpart of [[seminoma]]<ref>PBoD P.1101</ref> -- look the same; see ''[[testis]] article''.
* Female counterpart of [[seminoma]]<ref>{{Ref PBoD|1101}}</ref> -- look the same; see ''[[testis]] article''.


===Microscopy===
===Microscopy===
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===IHC===
===IHC===
* Inhibin positive.<ref>PBoD P.1102.</ref>  
* Inhibin positive.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1102>{{Ref PBoD|1102}}</ref>  
** Inhibin negative in ''[[Brenner tumour]]''.
** Inhibin negative in ''[[Brenner tumour]]''.


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===General===
===General===
*Part of Meigs syndrome (mnemonic ''FAR'': fibroma, ascites, right pleural effusion).
*Part of Meigs syndrome (mnemonic ''FAR'': fibroma, ascites, right pleural effusion).
*Assoc. with basal cell nevus syndrome.<ref>PBoD P.1103.</ref>
*Associated with [[basal cell nevus syndrome]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD1103>{{Ref PBoD |1103}}</ref>


===Microscopy===
===Microscopy===
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*AKA androblastoma.
*AKA androblastoma.


===Microscopy<ref>PBoD P.1103.</ref>===
===Microscopy===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1103>{{Ref PBoD|1103}}</ref>
* Tubules with Sertoli or Leydig cells + stroma.  
* Tubules with Sertoli or Leydig cells + stroma.  
* +/- Sarcomatous features (mucinous glands, bone, cartilage).
* +/- Sarcomatous features (mucinous glands, bone, cartilage).
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===Microscopy===
===Microscopy===
*Immature germ cells resembling Sertoli cells and granulosa cells.<ref>PBoD P.1104.</ref>
*Immature germ cells resembling Sertoli cells and granulosa cells.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1104>{{Ref PBoD|1104}}</ref>


==Metastatic ovarian tumours==
==Metastatic ovarian tumours==
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