A case of a borderline mucinous tumor of the ovary with sarcoma-like mural nodules producing granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

T C Park; H N Lee; O R Shin; K H Lee

A case of a borderline mucinous tumor of the ovary with sarcoma-like mural nodules producing granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2012;33(5):526-7.

Authors

T C Park¹, H N Lee, O R Shin, K H Lee

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

PMID: 23185803

Abstract

Borderline ovarian tumor with sarcoma-like mural nodule is rare. Malignant mural nodules usually occur in the wall of an atypical proliferative mucinous tumor or a mucinous carcinoma. The authors report one case of unfavorably progressive borderline tumor of the ovary with sarcoma-like mural nodule that produced granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF).

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Cystadenoma, Mucinous / metabolism
Cystadenoma, Mucinous / pathology*
Female
Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / biosynthesis*
Humans
Ovarian Neoplasms / metabolism
Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
Sarcoma / metabolism
Sarcoma / pathology*

Substances

Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor