Primary Ovarian Mucinous Carcinoma with Signet Ring Cells – Report of A Rare Case
Published: June 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4473
Jaya Ganesh P, Vimal Chander R, Kanchana M P, Laks hmi Narasimhan
1. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam, Chennai, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam, Chennai, India.
3. Professor, Department of Pathology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Egmore, Chennai, India.
4. Professor, Department of Oncology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Egmore, Chennai, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Vimal Chander R,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Thandalam, Chennai – 602105, India.
Phone: 09444471905, E-mail: rvimalchander@gmail.com
Presence of signet ring cells in ovarian neoplasms are commonly encountered in Krukenberg tumours of ovary. Unusual presence in primary ovarian mucinous tumours may create a diagnostic difficulty. To the best of our knowledge only very few such cases have been reported in the literature indicating their rarity. We report a case of primary ovarian mucinous carcinoma with signet ring cells. The purpose of this presentation is to sensitize the pathologists to consider primary mucinous carcinoma as a differential diagnosis in tumours with signet ring cells.
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