A unique case of ovarian psammocarcinoma with mediastinal, pulmonary, subcutaneous, and omental metastases.

A unique case of ovarian psammocarcinoma with mediastinal, pulmonary, subcutaneous, and omental metastases.

Chase Daniel M; Sparks Dorothy A; Gener Melissa; Smith James

Archives of gynecology and obstetrics

2009

2009-08

Psammocarcinoma is a rare form of serous ovarian and peritoneal carcinoma, characterized by abundant psammoma bodies, invasiveness, and low-grade cytological features. Many of the cases which have been reported had extraovarian spread and peritoneal seeding at the time of presentation. We present a case of

Cystadenocarcinoma; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms/*secondary; Lung/pathology; Mediastinal Neoplasms/*secondary; Mediastinum/pathology; Middle Aged; Ovarian Neoplasms/*pathology; Pelvis/pathology; Peritoneal Neoplasms/*secondary; Serous/*secondary; Soft Tissue Neoplasms/*secondary; Subcutaneous Fat/pathology

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