INTRODUCTION Ovarian fibroma is a rare neoplasm and the one with focal proliferations of sex cord type elements is rarer. Histopathological importance lies in the recognition of this entity due to the diagnostic dilemmas that these tumors can pose. To the best of our knowledge only 9 cases of ovarian fibroma with minor sex cord elements have been documented in world literature till date. CASE...

PURPOSE Jab1 (Jun activation domain-binding protein 1) has been described as a coactivtor of AP1 transcription factor, and is a subunit of a large protein complex (called the COP9 signalosome). Recent study (K. Tomoda et al., Nature (Lond.), 398: 160-165, 1999) found that Jab1 protein can cause breakdown of p27(kip1) protein in mammalian cells. To investigate whether Jab1 expression is correlat...

Several reports have suggested that secondary cytoreductive surgery in relapsed ovarian cancer is beneficial. This review is summarizing the positive aspects of this approach, which have led to this suggestion.

Transvaginal color flow and pulsed Doppler sonography has shown promise in the evaluation and characterization of adnexal masses and may ultimately play a role in ovarian cancer screening.',' A relative increase in the diastolic flow in malignant lesions has been previously reported. Pathologic evidence suggests that this phenomenon reflects the paucity of smooth muscle within tumor vessels alo...

INTRODUCTION Adenocarcinoma of the ovary is an aggressive neoplasm which often metastasizes to the lung or liver. Metastases rarely occur to the pancreas, but a tissue diagnosis is required to confirm this event. Although most tumors of the pancreas are primary pancreatic neoplasms, metastatic lesions have been reported most commonly as arising from renal cell carcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION We ...

We report a case of female adnexal tumor of Wolffian origin (FATWO), a rare neoplasm arising from the mesonephric ducts. A 48-year-old woman came first to our center for a recent discovery of a pelvic mass. Transvaginal ultrasonographic findings suggested a solid right para-ovarian mass suspected to be malignant. After thorough counseling, the patient underwent operative laparoscopy for excisio...

A case of mature cystic teratoma that contained florid vascular proliferation is reported. The ovarian tumor occurred in a 9-year-old girl; symptoms consisted of vomiting, abdominal pain and a palpable mass. The microscopic findings were mostly typical of a mature cystic teratoma, but also abundant vascular proliferation mimicking hemangioma in association with mature neural tissue was observed...

Primary leiomyosarcomas of the ovary are very rare tumors with only few cases having been reported so far and represent less than 0.1 % of all ovarian malignancies. These are highly aggressive tumors and have a very poor prognosis. Pathogenesis of this tumor is still uncertain. These cases mostly present in periand postmenopausal women aged 45–60 years. Leiomyosarcomas are usually unilateral an...

We describe 3 ovarian and 5 renal anastomosing hemangiomas. One manifested with polycythemia, others were incidental; none recurred. The mean patient age was 58 years. Three hemangiomas developed in end-stage renal disease. Tumors were well-demarcated, mahogany brown, spongy lesions measuring 0.1 to 5 cm. Tortuous large vessels fed and drained tightly packed anastomosing sinusoidal capillary ch...