Educational Case: High-Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary

Sophia Bunde; Swikrity Upadhyay Baskota; Jeffrey Fine; Samer Khader

doi:10.1177/23742895211032339

Educational Case: High-Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary

Acad Pathol. 2021 Aug 27:8:23742895211032339. doi: 10.1177/23742895211032339. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Sophia Bunde¹, Swikrity Upadhyay Baskota², Jeffrey Fine², Samer Khader²

Affiliations

¹ University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
² Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, seehttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: cytology; female reproductive system; high-grade serous carcinoma; organ system pathology; ovarian neoplasia; ovary; pathology competencies; peritoneal fluid.