A Case of Primary Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary.

Park, Young Soon; Lee, Sang Ho; Chung, Young Hwan; Ko, Sung Joon; Moon, Zong Soo; Seo, Soo Hyung; Park, Yang Suh

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2002;45(9):1624-1628.
Published online September 1, 2002.

A Case of Primary Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary.

Young Soon Park, Sang Ho Lee, Young Hwan Chung, Sung Joon Ko, Zong Soo Moon, Soo Hyung Seo, Yang Suh Park

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Primary ovarian transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is extremly rare tumor and has been recently classified into the one of the histologic subtypes of ovarian epithelial cell carcinomas. Primary ovarian TCC has been proven to differ from malignant Brenner tumor (MBT) and TCC of the bladder for it's histologic characteristics as well as therapeutic and prognostic implications. TCC of the ovary has been also recognized to have excellent response to chemotherapy and favorable prognosis although it's aggressive properties. We experienced a case of primary ovarian TCC (stage: IIc) in 57 year old woman who presented with low abdominal pain and report this case with a brief review of the concerned literatures.

Key Words: Transitional cell carcinoma, ovary