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Table 2.03<br />

Primary vs. metastatic mucinous ovarian <strong>carcinoma</strong>s.<br />

Features favouring primary <strong>carcinoma</strong><br />

Unilaterality<br />

Large size, smooth surface<br />

Expansile pattern of growth<br />

Features favouring metastatic <strong>carcinoma</strong><br />

Bilaterality<br />

Known primary mucinous <strong>carcinoma</strong><br />

at another site<br />

Macroscopically friable and necrotic<br />

Variable or nodular pattern of growth<br />

Ovarian surface involvement<br />

Ovarian vascular invasion<br />

Cytokeratin 7-negative<br />

Non-contributory<br />

Benign or borderline-appearing areas<br />

Infiltrative pattern of growth<br />

Luminal necrotic debris<br />

Tumour grade<br />

Velvety excrescences may line the cysts.<br />

Haemorrhagic, necrotic, solid or papill<br />

a ry areas are occasionally pre s e n t<br />

{1613,2605}.<br />

Histopathology<br />

Areas resembling mucinous cystadenoma<br />

are common. In the borderline areas<br />

the cells lining the cysts are stratified<br />

(usually to no more than 3 layers) and<br />

may form filiform intracystic papillae with<br />

at least minimal stromal support. Nuclei<br />

are slightly larger with more mitotic figures<br />

than in cystadenomas. Goblet cells<br />

and sometimes Paneth cells are present.<br />

The overall appearance resembles a hyperplastic<br />

or adenomatous colonic polyp<br />

{ 3 2 2 , 6 5 3 , 1 0 7 6 , 1 1 4 7 , 1 1 5 0 , 1 6 1 3 , 2 3 7 7 ,<br />

2491,2605,2713}. Some or most of the<br />

epithelial cells lining the cysts of intestinal<br />

type borderline tumours may appear<br />

Fig. 2.17 Mucinous borderline tumour, intestinal<br />

type. The sectioned surface shows a multiloculated<br />

tumour with large cysts.<br />

cytologically malignant and may be<br />

stratified to four or more layers in a solid,<br />

papillary or cribriform pattern. Whether<br />

tumours with such foci should be classified<br />

as non-invasive <strong>carcinoma</strong>s or as<br />

borderline tumours has been a subject of<br />

controversy for many years. To provide<br />

for uniformity in reporting, it has been<br />

recommended that they be classified as<br />

borderline with intraepithelial <strong>carcinoma</strong><br />

{2605}.<br />

Prognosis and predictive factors<br />

When the tumour is confined to the<br />

ovaries at initial staging, the prognosis is<br />

excellent with only rarely reported recurrences<br />

{1150}. It is likely that most<br />

tumours diagnosed as intestinal-type<br />

mucinous borderline tumour that are<br />

associated with pseudomyxoma peritonei<br />

are actually metastatic from a similar-appearing<br />

tumour in the appendix<br />

(see section on pseudomyxoma peritonei).<br />

In the remaining cases with advanced<br />

disease, the metastases are usually<br />

in the form of invasive pelvic or abdominal<br />

implants rather than pseudomyxoma<br />

peritonei. In these cases the<br />

prognosis is similar to that of ovarian<br />

mucinous <strong>carcinoma</strong>s with metastases,<br />

and it is likely that areas of invasion within<br />

the ovarian tumour were not sampled<br />

{1076,1147,1150,1613,2401}. Table 2.04<br />

summarizes the differences in appearance<br />

and outcome among neoplasms<br />

having the appearance of mucinous borderline<br />

tumours.<br />

Mucinous borderline tumour,<br />

endocervical-like<br />

Definition<br />

Ovarian tumours of low malignant potential<br />

exhibiting an epithelial proliferation of<br />

mucinous type cells greater than seen in<br />

their benign counterparts but without<br />

destructive stromal invasion. The mucinous<br />

epithelial cells resemble endocervical<br />

epithelium.<br />

Synonyms<br />

Mucinous tumour of low malignant potential,<br />

endocervical-like; mucinous tumour<br />

of borderline malignancy, endocervicallike;<br />

müllerian mucinous bord e r l i n e<br />

tumour.<br />

Epidemiology<br />

These tumours make up 10-15% of mucinous<br />

borderline tumours {1613,2497,2713}.<br />

Fig. 2.18 Mucinous borderline tumour, intestinal<br />

type. Goblet cells and nuclear stratification are<br />

e v i d e n t .<br />

Macroscopy<br />

Mucinous endocervical-like bord e r l i n e<br />

tumours usually are multilocular or unilocular<br />

cystic masses containing watery or<br />

viscous mucoid material. Haemorrhagic,<br />

n e c rotic, solid or papillary areas may<br />

be present {1613,2605}. They are smaller<br />

than the intestinal type and have fewer<br />

cysts. They are bilateral in appro x i m a t e l y<br />

40% of cases and sometimes arise within<br />

an endometriotic cyst {2497}.<br />

Tumour spread and staging<br />

Endocervical-like borderline tumours<br />

may be associated with abdominal or<br />

pelvic implants, some of which may<br />

appear invasive {2497,2713}.<br />

Fig. 2.19 Mucinous borderline tumour, intestinal<br />

type, with intraepithelial <strong>carcinoma</strong>. Malignant<br />

mucinous epithelium with a cribriform pattern and<br />

mitotic figures lines a cyst.<br />

126 Tumours of the ovary and peritoneum

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