[Malignant mixed mesodermal tumor of the ovary. A review of the literature apropos of a case with immunohistochemical study]

Arch Anat Cytol Pathol. 1992;40(1-2):29-35.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A very large left ovarian tumor in a 76 year old woman, on microscopic study, consisted of an epithelial component: both glandular and squamous, and a sarcomatous component: both cartilage and striated muscle. Epithelial and sarcomatous patterns were intermingled in a spindle-cell stroma. Immunohistochemical study revealed, in these spindle cells, cytokeratin-positive anaplastic epithelial structures and vimentin-positive mesenchymal structures. A review of the literature concerning this rare ovarian tumor especially including cases with a immunohistochemical study is added. However, immunohistochemical study does not allow histogenetic interpretation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology