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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Sep 22;117(3):554–562. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25460

Table 1.

Mucinous carcinomas involving the ovary – distribution of pathologic features*

Pathologic feature N with feature Assessable cases % cases
Diameter <13 cm 16 44 36
Bilaterality 24 40 60
Nodularity 12 44 27
Surface involvement 22 44 50
Infiltrative invasion 34 44 77
Single neoplastic cells 28 44 64
Signet ring cells 9 44 20
Small glands/tubules 34 44 77
Hilar involvement 5 44 11
Necrotic luminal debris 8 44 18
Expansile growth pattern 17 44 39
Complex papillae 16 44 36
*

Number and % of cases with feature present as interpreted by reviewer #1. Pathologic feature listed above the solid line have been associated with mucinous carcinoma metastatic to the ovary, while those below the line with primary mucinous ovarian carcinoma; from Lee and Young.(9)