A 15-year comprehensive literature review of 99 primary ovarian carcinoid tumors

Objective: Primary ovarian carcinoids are neuroendocrine tumors, representing up to 1% of all tumors. In this paper, the authors aimed at analyzing clinical and pathological aspects recently published carcinoid, providing new correlations regarding them. Mechanism: The have reviewed cases primary carcinoid reported in international journals since 2005 date. A total 99 68 articles been found analyzed. Findings brief: Our results 29.31% patients presented with heart disease, 17.24% had an abdominal mass, which caused them present physician. Patients presenting metastases more frequently insular subtype (33.33%) similar median age as those without metastases. teratoma component was noticed 58.9% also associated pattern carcinoid. To our best knowledge, paper includes largest review Conclusions: incidence disease might underestimated moment, thus, requiring further imagistic investigations these symptoms. Additionally, variant most presence both (52.94%) (33.33%), although previous reports a higher mucinous variant. opinion, apparently divergent warrant studies rare tumor.