Background: The presence of anaplastic and sarcomatoid components in ovarian mucinous carcinoma is extremely rare.
Case: A 64-year-old woman underwent radical surgery for right ovarian cancer. Pathological examination showed mucinous adenocarcinoma with a focal mural nodule of anaplastic and sarcomatoid carcinoma (FIGO stage IIB). She underwent adjuvant chemotherapy but developed severe respiratory failure and died after 9 months. Autopsy showed that the bilateral pulmonary parenchyma was filled with a multinodular hemorrhagic mass, and the cardiac wall had a massive invasive lesion. Histopathological examination of the lung and myocardium revealed diffuse invasion of the anaplastic carcinoma component with infiltrating osteoclastic giant cells.
Conclusion: This case is very rare, and the clinical management of anaplastic carcinoma arising in mucinous neoplasms remains challenging.
Keywords: Ovarian cancer; anaplastic; metastasis; ovarian mucinous carcinoma; sarcomatoid.
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