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. 2012 Dec 17;6:284. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2012.284

Table 1. Ovarian adenosarcoma. Characteristics of women, associated with elevated CA-125 (Normal-35 U/ml) levels, ascitic fluid cytology, and frozen section.

S no. Author/ year Age/parity/ presentation Site of origin/ associated with endometriosis/ ascetic fluid cytology Pre-treatment-CA-125-U/ml Stage and homology/ frozen section Treatment-surgical followed by adjuvant therapy Post-treatment CA-125-U/ml
1 Inoue [3]/1995 Ovary/NA/NA 354 NA NA/NA 17
2 Fukunaga [4]/1997 32, parous, abdominal pain Ovary, Endometriosis/ NA 1100 Stage II, homologous/ not done TAH + BSO + Oment.and PLND/ NA NA*
3 Hirakawa [5]/2001 77/parity-NR/ abdominal pain Ovary/NA/ suggestive of neoplasm 930 Stage II/III, NR/NA NA/NA 7.4
4 Recinos [8]/2008 42/nulliparous/ incidental ovar-ian mass Ovary, Opposite ovary/NA 1100 Stage IA, homologous/ not done Extrafascial hysterectomy, BSO, Bilat. PLND, PO and PP biopsies + Medroxyprogester-one (MPA) 16
5 Present case/2012 40, parous, abdominal pain and distension Ovary, no endometriosis/ only reactive mesothelial cells 142 Stage IIIC, homologous/ malignant stromal tumour-meta-static O Rt. Ov. tumour debulking LSO, T LSO bil. PLN D excision of deposits on the descend-ing colon, and bladder. 5 cycles of Ifosamide(mesna) and adriamycin 10
TAH total abdominal hysterectomy, BSO bilateral salphingo-oophorectomy, PLND pelvic lymph node dissection, TO total omentectomy (supra and infra colic), NA not available, PO partial omentectomy, PP parietal peritoneal