Large-cell variant of small cell carcinoma of the ovary with hypercalcaemia

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2000 Nov;264(3):157-8. doi: 10.1007/s004040000084.

Abstract

A rare case of large-cell variant of hypercalcemic small cell carcinoma of the ovary diagnosed in a 17 year-old girl is presented and discussed. The patient died of disease progression and severe hypercalcemia within 25 months of diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / physiopathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypercalcemia / etiology*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / physiopathology