Invasive breast carcinoma - IARC
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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