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Case 121

A 77-year-old female with a colon mass and she was found to have an ovarian mass as well:


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  1. What is your diagnosis by morphology?

    A: Colon adenocarcinoma

    B: High grade serous carcinoma

    C: Sertoli-Leydig tumor

    D: IMT



Answer

The correct answer is B. This is a case of high grade serous carcinoma. The low power architecture favors a tumor invades from outside of the colonic tract and the slit like pattern with round oval cells are not commonly seen in colon adenocarcinoma.



Case credit: UCSD Pathology

Author: Wangpan Jackson Shi, MD

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