Girardot B, Pagès A
Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Centre Gui de Chauliac, Saint-Eloi, Montpellier.
Arch Anat Cytol Pathol. 1992;40(1-2):29-35.
A very large left ovarian tumor in a 76 year old woman, on microscopic study, consisted of an epithelial component: both glandular and squamous, and a sarcomatous component: both cartilage and striated muscle. Epithelial and sarcomatous patterns were intermingled in a spindle-cell stroma. Immunohistochemical study revealed, in these spindle cells, cytokeratin-positive anaplastic epithelial structures and vimentin-positive mesenchymal structures. A review of the literature concerning this rare ovarian tumor especially including cases with a immunohistochemical study is added. However, immunohistochemical study does not allow histogenetic interpretation.
