Mixed epithelial-papillary cystadenoma of borderline malignancy of mullerian type

Ovary tumor
Other surface epithelial tumors
Mixed epithelial-papillary cystadenoma of borderline malignancy of mullerian type

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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Differential diagnosis

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Definition / general

Very rare

Associated with endometriosis, favorable prognosis

Mean age 35 years

Microscopic (histologic) description

Mucinous, serous, endometrioid and squamous epithelium

May have squamous overgrowth, prominent neutrophilic infiltration of epithelium (Am J Surg Pathol 2003;27:242)

Microscopic (histologic) images

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Contributed by: Carlos Parra-Herran, M.D., University of Toronto (Canada)

Differential diagnosis

Borderline Brenner tumor