Primary peritoneal low-grade serous carcinoma forming a mass in the colon mimicking a colonic primary carcinoma: a case report Article

cited authors

  • Tran, T. A., Holloway, R. W.

abstract

  • Primary carcinomas of Mullerian origin involving the colon is not an uncommon phenomenon, with most cases reportedly associated with endometriosis. On the other hand, a primary peritoneal low-grade serous carcinoma presenting as a dominant mass in the colon and causing clinical symptoms mimicking a primary colonic carcinoma has not been reported in the literature to the best of the authors' knowledge. A case of a 66-year-old female patient who presented clinically with rectal bleeding and a rectosigmoid mass is described. The final histologic examination revealed a peritoneal low-grade serous carcinoma forming a dominant mass in the rectosigmoid colon. Of particular interest was a microscopic spectrum of serous epithelial proliferation in the peritoneal cavity and lymph nodes with morphologic features reminiscent of non-invasive and invasive implants in ovarian borderline serous tumors, which most likely denoted the precursors of the tumor in the colon.

Publication Date

  • January 1, 2013

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start page

  • 86

end page

  • 89

volume

  • 34

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  • 1

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  • 5