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Case 71

A 76-year-old female with a ovary lesion and in the ovarian stroma, you see this. The big mass section is not shown.

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  1. What's your interpretation?

    A: Clear cell carcinoma

    B: Clear cell borderline tumor

    C: Arias-Stella reaction

    D: Metastatic clear cell carcinoma



Answer

The correct answer is A. This is a case of clear cell carcinoma.

The correct answer is A. This is a case of clear cell carcinoma.


Clear Cell Borderline Tumors (CCBTs)

  • Rare entity, comprising <1% of all ovarian borderline tumors.

  • Uncommon as a pure tumor type; most cases contain CCBT as a component of clear cell carcinoma.


Author: Wangpan Jackson Shi, MD


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