Papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma

Papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma
Medium power slide of ovarian serous adenocarcinoma stained using haematoxylin and eosin.
Classification and external resources
Specialty	oncology
ICD-10	C56
ICD-9-CM	183.0
ICD-O	M8460/3
MeSH	D000231

Papillary serous cystadenocarcinomas are the most common form of malignant ovarian cancer making up 26 percent of ovarian tumours in women aged over 20 in the United States.^[1]

Ovarian cancers in women aged 20+, with area representing relative incidence and color representing 5-year relative survival rate.^[2] Papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma is labeled at center right.

As with most ovarian tumours, due to the lack of early signs of disease these tumours can be large when discovered and have often metastasized, often by spreading along the peritoneum.^[3]

Histopathology

Papillary serous cystadenocarcinomas may exhibit psammoma bodies upon histopathology.^[4]

External links

• Papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary images:

References

1. Kosary, Carol L. (2007). "Chapter 16: Cancers of the Ovary". In Ries, LAG; Young, JL; Keel, GE; Eisner, MP; Lin, YD; Horner, M-J. SEER Survival Monograph: Cancer Survival Among Adults: US SEER Program, 1988-2001, Patient and Tumor Characteristics. SEER Program. NIH Pub. No. 07-6215. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. pp. 133–144.
2. Kosary, Carol L. (2007). "Chapter 16: Cancers of the Ovary" (PDF). In Baguio, RNL; Young, JL; Keel, GE; Eisner, MP; Lin, YD; Horner, M-J. SEER Survival Monograph: Cancer Survival Among Adults: US SEER Program, 1988-2001, Patient and Tumor Characteristics. SEER Program. NIH Pub. No. 07-6215. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. pp. 133–144.
3. "The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education". The University of Utah Eccles Health Sciences Library. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
4. Ovarian papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma at WebPath, The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education at Mercer University School of Medicine. Retrieved July 2011