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Malignant melanoma and fibrothecoma--an ovarian mixed tumor
1Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Clinic of Rostock, Germany.
Anticancer Research
|July 22, 2005
Abstract:
There are only a few cases of primary ovarian melanoma described in the literature. Here, we report a rare case of ovarian mixed neoplasm with parts of malignant melanoma and fibrothecoma in a 76-year-old female who was hospitalized for a cataract operation. To our knowledge, cases of a combination of malignant melanoma and fibrothecoma in the ovary have not been described. In this study, new markers for malignant melanoma (S-100, tyrosinase mRNA) were also tested.
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