| Malignant Mixed Mesodermal Tumor
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Etiology
• Unknown
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Pathogenesis
• unknown
• some cases associated with endometriosis,
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Epidemiology
• Post-menopausal women
• Low parity
• Rare neoplasm
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General Gross Description
• Large variegated lesions with areas of necrosis and hemorrhage
• May have adhesions
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• epithelial component most often serous or endometrioid with focal squamous differentiation
• stroma may be spindle cell or show cartilage, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle or other soft tissue differentiation
•Examples:
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References
• Le T,Malignant mixed mesodermal ovarian tumor treatment and prognosis: a 20-year experience.Gynecol Oncol 65(2), 237-240(1997)
• Dictor M, Malignant mixed mesodermal tumor of the ovary: a reportof 22 cases. Obstet Gynecol 65(5), 720-724 (1985)
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| Malignant Mixed Mesodermal Tumor
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T87000M89513)[255]
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