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Bilateral Serous Psammocarcinoma of Ovary: Rare Variant Low Grade Serous Carcinoma

Serous psammocarcinoma is a rare variant of serous carcinoma arising from either ovary or peritoneum, characterized by massive psammoma body formation, low grade cytologic features, and invasiveness. Its clinical behavior is similar to serous borderline tumors with relatively favorable prognosis. We...

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Autores principales: Jena, Saubhagya Kumar, Mishra, Pritinanda, Mohapatra, Vandana, Singh, Sweta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26557397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531242
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author Jena, Saubhagya Kumar
Mishra, Pritinanda
Mohapatra, Vandana
Singh, Sweta
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description Serous psammocarcinoma is a rare variant of serous carcinoma arising from either ovary or peritoneum, characterized by massive psammoma body formation, low grade cytologic features, and invasiveness. Its clinical behavior is similar to serous borderline tumors with relatively favorable prognosis. We report herein a case of a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with abdominal distension. Contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) revealed calcified pelvic masses with ascites. Elevated serum CA-125 (970 U/mL) suggested malignant ovarian neoplasm. Patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with primary debulking surgery. Histopathology showed bilateral serous psammocarcinoma of ovary with invasive implants on omentum. Adjuvant chemotherapy was advised in view of advanced stage disease, although its benefits are poorly defined due to rarity of the tumor. However, patient opted out of it and is now on follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-46286922015-11-09 Bilateral Serous Psammocarcinoma of Ovary: Rare Variant Low Grade Serous Carcinoma Jena, Saubhagya Kumar Mishra, Pritinanda Mohapatra, Vandana Singh, Sweta Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Serous psammocarcinoma is a rare variant of serous carcinoma arising from either ovary or peritoneum, characterized by massive psammoma body formation, low grade cytologic features, and invasiveness. Its clinical behavior is similar to serous borderline tumors with relatively favorable prognosis. We report herein a case of a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with abdominal distension. Contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) revealed calcified pelvic masses with ascites. Elevated serum CA-125 (970 U/mL) suggested malignant ovarian neoplasm. Patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with primary debulking surgery. Histopathology showed bilateral serous psammocarcinoma of ovary with invasive implants on omentum. Adjuvant chemotherapy was advised in view of advanced stage disease, although its benefits are poorly defined due to rarity of the tumor. However, patient opted out of it and is now on follow-up. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4628692/ /pubmed/26557397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531242 Text en Copyright © 2015 Saubhagya Kumar Jena et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bilateral Serous Psammocarcinoma of Ovary: Rare Variant Low Grade Serous Carcinoma
title Bilateral Serous Psammocarcinoma of Ovary: Rare Variant Low Grade Serous Carcinoma
title_full Bilateral Serous Psammocarcinoma of Ovary: Rare Variant Low Grade Serous Carcinoma
title_fullStr Bilateral Serous Psammocarcinoma of Ovary: Rare Variant Low Grade Serous Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Serous Psammocarcinoma of Ovary: Rare Variant Low Grade Serous Carcinoma
title_short Bilateral Serous Psammocarcinoma of Ovary: Rare Variant Low Grade Serous Carcinoma
title_sort bilateral serous psammocarcinoma of ovary: rare variant low grade serous carcinoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26557397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531242
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