Huge Bilateral Serous Papillary Cystadenocarcinoma

Abstract

Serous cystadenocarcinoma is one of the common tumors of epithelial origin in ovary. This case report describes a case of 58 year old female who was referred to us with abdominal pain and distension. Subsequent computed tomography and fine needle aspiration cytology revealed bilateral ovarian papillary cystadenocarcioma with omental metastasis. She underwent an laparotomy with complete surgical excision and chemotherapy. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Conflict of interest: None declared | Source of funding: Nil | DOI: http://dx.

Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Ovarian Serous Cancer Followed by Debulking

“…Serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma [ 5 ] is one of the most difficult cases in surgical oncology. It is one of the most common ovarian tumors and usually appears at a later stage due to its aggressive nature, the time it takes to identify, and its presentation [ 1 , 2 ]. Serous cystadenocarcinoma appears as a multilocular cystic ovarian neoplasm with papillary projections under the microscope (Figure 4 ).…”

“…CA-125 reduction may be used to predict the chemotherapy response in the neoadjuvant environment. Patients who do not respond to CA-125 also do not experience IDS and have a poor prognosis [1][2][3][4][5][6].…”

“…Twenty-five percent of serous tumors are responsible for serous ovarian cystadenocarcinomas [1]. They account for the highest proportion of malignant ovarian tumors, accounting for over 50-80% of all malignant ovarian epithelial tumors [2]. The prevalence peaks in the sixth to seventh decades of life [3][4][5].…”