OBJECTIVE: To assess the characteristic features of ovarian carcinoma mucocellular secondary to breast cancer. METHODS: A retrospective pathology evaluation of ovariectomy specimens was conducted to compare the histological types with the original pathology diagnosis of breast cancer. RESULTS: Ten cases of ovarian carcinoma mucocellular were observed. Histologically, the ovarian stroma presented voluminous mucin-containing vacuoles in epitheliomatous cells with peripheralized nuclei. In 7 out of 10 cases, the primary breast cancer was invasive lobular carcinoma. DISCUSSION: These pathology findings are in agreement with comparative studies on the metastatic behavior of different histological types of breast cancer: invasive lobular carcinoma differs from invasive ductal carcinoma by its tropism for gastrointestinal and internal genital organs.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the characteristic features of ovarian carcinoma mucocellular secondary to breast cancer. METHODS: A retrospective pathology evaluation of ovariectomy specimens was conducted to compare the histological types with the original pathology diagnosis of breast cancer. RESULTS: Ten cases of ovarian carcinoma mucocellular were observed. Histologically, the ovarian stroma presented voluminous mucin-containing vacuoles in epitheliomatous cells with peripheralized nuclei. In 7 out of 10 cases, the primary breast cancer was invasive lobular carcinoma. DISCUSSION: These pathology findings are in agreement with comparative studies on the metastatic behavior of different histological types of breast cancer: invasive lobular carcinoma differs from invasive ductal carcinoma by its tropism for gastrointestinal and internal genital organs.