Items tagged “ovarian tumour”
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Ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma
Ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma is the malignant form of ovarian serous tumor, the most common type of ovarian epithelial tumor. It is the most common type of ovarian malignancy.
Increasingly, high-grade serous carcinoma and low-grade serous carcinoma are recognized as distinct tumor types ra...
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Ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary is a rare malignant ovarian mucinous tumor. This type can account for 5-10% of all ovarian mucinous tumors. It is a type of ovarian epithelial tumor.
Pathology
Retrospective studies have suggested that many mucinous carcinomas initially diagnosed as pr...
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Sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary
Sclerosing stromal tumor (SST) of the ovary is a rare ovarian neoplasm. It is considered a subtype of ovarian sex cord / stromal tumor and is included in the fibroma-thecoma group of ovarian tumors 9.
Epidemiology
It occurs predominantly in young women and its incidence peaks around the 2nd to...
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Malignant mixed germ cell tumor of the ovary
A malignant mixed germ cell tumor of the ovary is a subtype of ovarian germ cell tumor. These are not to be confused with malignant mixed Müllerian tumors of the ovary.
Epidemiology
These tumors are rare. They most commonly affect adolescent women of reproductive age 1.
Pathology
They are ma...
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Ovarian tumors associated with endometrial thickening
There are several ovarian tumors associated with endometrial thickening and this is often due to oestrogenic effects of the ovarian tumor.
Such tumors include:
ovarian epithelial tumors
endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary
may have synchronous endometrial carcinoma or endometrial hyperplasia,...
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Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors (SLCT), also known as ovarian androblastomas, are a subtype of ovarian sex cord-stromal tumor.
Epidemiology
They are rare and only account for ~0.5% of all ovarian tumors. While they can present at any age, they typically present <30 years old, with a mean ag...
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Risk of malignancy index in ovarian tumors
The risk of malignancy index (RMI) in ovarian tumors is a validated clinical tool used for risk stratification of ovarian lesions, to guide further management 1-3.
Classification
The score incorporates the patient's menopausal status (M), ultrasound features of the lesion (U), and the serum CA...
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IOTA-ADNEX model
The ADNEX (Assessment of Different NEoplasias in the adneXa) model is a risk model developed by the IOTA (International Ovarian Tumor Analysis) group to differentiate benign and malignant neoplasms of the ovary and, among them, four different subgroups (borderline, stage I cancer, stage II-IV ca...
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