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Borderline Ovarian Mucinous Tumor, Endocervical-Like

MedGen UID:
267756
•Concept ID:
C1511264
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A neoplasm of low malignant potential arising from the ovary. It is characterized by the proliferation of neoplastic epithelial cells that resemble endocervical epithelial cells. There is no evidence of stromal invasion. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBorderline Ovarian Mucinous Tumor, Endocervical-Like

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Endocervical-like versus intestinal-type mucinous borderline ovarian tumors: a large retrospective series focusing on the clinicopathologic characteristics.
Song T, Choi CH, Lee YY, Kim TJ, Lee JW, Sung CO, Song SY, Bae DS, Kim BG
Gynecol Obstet Invest 2013;76(4):241-7. Epub 2013 Nov 1 doi: 10.1159/000356072. PMID: 24192519
Intestinal type and endocervical-like ovarian mucinous neoplasms are immunophenotypically distinct entities.
Lin X, Lindner JL, Silverman JF, Liu Y
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2008 Oct;16(5):453-8. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3181672574. PMID: 18665037
Endocervical-like mucinous borderline tumors of the ovary: a clinicopathologic analysis of 31 cases.
Rodriguez IM, Irving JA, Prat J
Am J Surg Pathol 2004 Oct;28(10):1311-8. doi: 10.1097/01.pas.0000138178.10829.b8. PMID: 15371946
Primary mucinous tumors of the testis and paratestis: a report of nine cases.
Ulbright TM, Young RH
Am J Surg Pathol 2003 Sep;27(9):1221-8. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200309000-00005. PMID: 12960806
Mucinous borderline and malignant tumors of the ovary. A clinicopathologic and DNA ploidy study of 92 cases.
Guerrieri C, Högberg T, Wingren S, Fristedt S, Simonsen E, Boeryd B
Cancer 1994 Oct 15;74(8):2329-40. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19941015)74:8<2329::aid-cncr2820740818>3.0.co;2-g. PMID: 7922984

Diagnosis

Müllerian Mucinous Cystadenomas of the Ovary: A Report of 25 Cases of an Unheralded Benign Ovarian Neoplasm Often Associated With Endometriosis and a Brief Consideration of Neoplasms Arising From the Latter.
Watkins JC, Young RH
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2022 Jan 1;41(1):68-75. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000765. PMID: 33577227
Reactivity of CA19-9 and CA125 in histological subtypes of epithelial ovarian tumors and ovarian endometriosis.
Nakagawa N, Koda H, Nitta N, Nakahara Y, Uno J, Hashimoto T, Nakahori T, Hasegawa M, Kataoka M
Acta Med Okayama 2015;69(4):227-35. doi: 10.18926/AMO/53559. PMID: 26289914
Expression of REG4 in ovarian mucinous tumors.
Huang Q, Chen X, Lu W, Lai M, Lu B
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2014 Apr;22(4):295-301. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3182936d8e. PMID: 23958547
Endocervical-like versus intestinal-type mucinous borderline ovarian tumors: a large retrospective series focusing on the clinicopathologic characteristics.
Song T, Choi CH, Lee YY, Kim TJ, Lee JW, Sung CO, Song SY, Bae DS, Kim BG
Gynecol Obstet Invest 2013;76(4):241-7. Epub 2013 Nov 1 doi: 10.1159/000356072. PMID: 24192519
Mucinous tumors of the ovary: a review.
Hart WR
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2005 Jan;24(1):4-25. PMID: 15626914

Prognosis

Endocervical-like versus intestinal-type mucinous borderline ovarian tumors: a large retrospective series focusing on the clinicopathologic characteristics.
Song T, Choi CH, Lee YY, Kim TJ, Lee JW, Sung CO, Song SY, Bae DS, Kim BG
Gynecol Obstet Invest 2013;76(4):241-7. Epub 2013 Nov 1 doi: 10.1159/000356072. PMID: 24192519
Mucinous tumors of the ovary: a review.
Hart WR
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2005 Jan;24(1):4-25. PMID: 15626914
Endocervical-like mucinous borderline tumors of the ovary: a clinicopathologic analysis of 31 cases.
Rodriguez IM, Irving JA, Prat J
Am J Surg Pathol 2004 Oct;28(10):1311-8. doi: 10.1097/01.pas.0000138178.10829.b8. PMID: 15371946
Mucinous tumors of the ovary: a clinicopathologic analysis of 75 borderline tumors (of intestinal type) and carcinomas.
Rodríguez IM, Prat J
Am J Surg Pathol 2002 Feb;26(2):139-52. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200202000-00001. PMID: 11812936
Mucinous borderline and malignant tumors of the ovary. A clinicopathologic and DNA ploidy study of 92 cases.
Guerrieri C, Högberg T, Wingren S, Fristedt S, Simonsen E, Boeryd B
Cancer 1994 Oct 15;74(8):2329-40. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19941015)74:8<2329::aid-cncr2820740818>3.0.co;2-g. PMID: 7922984

Clinical prediction guides

Immunohistochemistry for estrogen and progesterone receptors in the distinction of primary and metastatic mucinous tumors in the ovary: an analysis of 124 cases.
Vang R, Gown AM, Barry TS, Wheeler DT, Ronnett BM
Mod Pathol 2006 Jan;19(1):97-105. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.3800510. PMID: 16294196
Mucinous tumors of the ovary: a clinicopathologic analysis of 75 borderline tumors (of intestinal type) and carcinomas.
Rodríguez IM, Prat J
Am J Surg Pathol 2002 Feb;26(2):139-52. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200202000-00001. PMID: 11812936
Mucinous borderline and malignant tumors of the ovary. A clinicopathologic and DNA ploidy study of 92 cases.
Guerrieri C, Högberg T, Wingren S, Fristedt S, Simonsen E, Boeryd B
Cancer 1994 Oct 15;74(8):2329-40. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19941015)74:8<2329::aid-cncr2820740818>3.0.co;2-g. PMID: 7922984
On the histogenesis and morphology of ovarian carcinomas.
Dallenbach-Hellweg G
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 1984;107(2):71-80. doi: 10.1007/BF00399375. PMID: 6715398

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