Cosyns S, Leyder M, Bourgain C, De Sutter P
Department of Gynecology-Oncology, University Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
Case Rep Oncol. 2011 May;4(2):426-32. doi: 10.1159/000331416. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
Pseudomyxoma peritonei is only rarely seen in conjunction with primary ovarian tumors. It has been suggested that only ruptured mucinous tumors arising in ovarian mature cystic teratomas can result in this clinical picture. We describe a case of a late invasive recurrence of a mucinous intestinal-type borderline ovarian tumor arising from a mature teratoma after complete surgical debulking. Borderline ovarian tumors behave indolently in the overwhelming majority of cases, and the prognosis is therefore usually outstanding.