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===General===
===General===
*Hypercalcemia.<ref name=pmid7943531>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Young | first1 = RH. | last2 = Oliva | first2 = E. | last3 = Scully | first3 = RE. | title = Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type. A clinicopathological analysis of 150 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 18 | issue = 11 | pages = 1102-16 | month = Nov | year = 1994 | doi =  | PMID = 7943531 }}</ref>
*Hypercalcemia.<ref name=pmid7943531>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Young | first1 = RH. | last2 = Oliva | first2 = E. | last3 = Scully | first3 = RE. | title = Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type. A clinicopathological analysis of 150 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 18 | issue = 11 | pages = 1102-16 | month = Nov | year = 1994 | doi =  | PMID = 7943531 }}</ref>
*Rare.
*Very rare.
*Most common undifferentiated ovarian malignancy in individuals less than 40 years old.<ref name=pmid24658002/>
*Associated with SMARCA4 mutations - may be familial.<ref name=pmid24658002>{{cite journal |author=Witkowski L, Carrot-Zhang J, Albrecht S, ''et al.'' |title=Germline and somatic SMARCA4 mutations characterize small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type |journal=Nat. Genet. |volume=46 |issue=5 |pages=438–43 |year=2014 |month=May |pmid=24658002 |doi=10.1038/ng.2931 |url=}}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===

Revision as of 06:46, 25 July 2014

The article collects miscellaneous ovarian tumours, as per the WHO classification.[1]

Ovarian small cell carcinoma of the pulmonary type

See: Small cell carcinoma.

Ovarian small cell carcinoma of the hypercalcemic type

  • Abbreviated OSSCHT.
  • AKA small cell carcinoma, hypercalcemic type, AKA small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type.

General

  • Hypercalcemia.[2]
  • Very rare.
  • Most common undifferentiated ovarian malignancy in individuals less than 40 years old.[3]
  • Associated with SMARCA4 mutations - may be familial.[3]

Microscopic

Features:[2]

  • Small cell carcinoma.
  • Follicle-like spaces.

DDx:

Images

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IHC

Features:[4]

  • WT-1 +ve.
  • TTF-1 -ve.
  • HPV -ve.
  • p16 +ve/-ve.

See also

References

  1. Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 403. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Young, RH.; Oliva, E.; Scully, RE. (Nov 1994). "Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type. A clinicopathological analysis of 150 cases.". Am J Surg Pathol 18 (11): 1102-16. PMID 7943531.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Witkowski L, Carrot-Zhang J, Albrecht S, et al. (May 2014). "Germline and somatic SMARCA4 mutations characterize small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type". Nat. Genet. 46 (5): 438–43. doi:10.1038/ng.2931. PMID 24658002.
  4. Carlson, JW.; Nucci, MR.; Brodsky, J.; Crum, CP.; Hirsch, MS. (Sep 2007). "Biomarker-assisted diagnosis of ovarian, cervical and pulmonary small cell carcinomas: the role of TTF-1, WT-1 and HPV analysis.". Histopathology 51 (3): 305-12. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02790.x. PMID 17727473.