Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma-Like and Pagetoid Tubal Metastasis of an Ovarian Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: Peculiar Metastatic Growth Patterns of a Rare Tumor

Int J Surg Pathol. 2021 May;29(3):281-283. doi: 10.1177/1066896920972489. Epub 2020 Nov 7.

Abstract

A large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ovary is presented because of tubal metastases with peculiar growth patterns: pagetoid and serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma-like. The possibility that a tubal intraepithelial carcinoma could represent a metastasis should be considered by pathologists.

Keywords: STIC; neuroendocrine carcinoma; ovary; pagetoid metastasis; tubal metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Appendectomy
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial / surgery
  • Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / secondary
  • Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / surgery
  • Fallopian Tubes / diagnostic imaging
  • Fallopian Tubes / pathology*
  • Fallopian Tubes / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ovary / diagnostic imaging
  • Ovary / pathology
  • Ovary / surgery
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Salpingo-oophorectomy
  • Ultrasonography