Ovarian serous neoplasms
Ovarian serous neoplasms
Updated: 07/03/2023
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General feature
- 25% of all ovarian tumors
- 60% benign, 15% borderline, 30% malignant
- May occur as primary tumors of peritoneal surface
- If cystic, name as serous "cystadeno..."
- If prominent fibrous component, name as adenofibroma or adenocarcinofibroma
Benign serous tumors
- Includes cystadenoma, cystadenofibroma, adenofibroma, papillary cystadenoma, papillary cystadenofibroma, papillary adenofibroma
- 10-20% bilateral
- Usually partially or completely cystic
- > 1 cm in size (If < 1 cm, likely inclusion cyst or endosalpingiosis)
Serous borderline tumor
- AKA serous tumors of low malignant potential
- Younger women
- May have microinvasion, but rarely has malignant behavior
- May be bilateral
- May have delayed recurrence or transformation to invasive carcinoma
- Death usually due to bowel obstruction, ureteral obstruction, invasive carcinoma, sepsis and treatment complications
Serous carcinoma
- Most common malignant tumor of ovary
- Commonly bilateral
- Peaks around 6th to 7th decades
- Elevated serum CA-125
- Low-grade: BRAF and KRAS mutations
- High grade: Lose heterozygosity of p53 and BRCA1 loci
Key morphological features
- Benign
Usually watery clear to pale yellow cyst
fluid
NO atypia
- Borderline
Focally stratified epithelium
Might have early invasion
- Malignant
Necrosis
Markers
- Positive for WT1, CA125
Treatment
- Benign: surgery
- Borderline: staging, surgery
- Malignant: staging, surgery, chemotherapy
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