Diagnostic Pathology of Ovarian Tumors
Diagnostic Pathology of Ovarian Tumors offers a focus on the pathology of ovarian neoplasia with detailed clinically relevant information for practicing pathologists not found in other more general volumes of gynecologic pathology. This important work foc
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Robert A. Soslow • Carmen Tornos Editors
Diagnostic Pathology of Ovarian Tumors
Editors Robert A. Soslow, MD Department of Pathology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 1275 York Avenue New York, NY 10065 USA
Carmen Tornos, MD Department of Pathology Stony Brook University Medical Center SUNY Stony Brook Hospital Level 2, Room 766 Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
ISBN 978-1-4419-9750-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-9751-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-9751-7 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011931785 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
By Robert A. Soslow, M.D. and Carmen Tornos, M.D. This book attempts a comprehensive overview of ovarian neoplasia. The primary focus is diagnostic pathology, although the breadth of information provided here should be of interest to those who study or practice gynecologic oncology, clinical genetics, molecular genetics, oncogenesis, and epidemiology. We have divided the book into four major parts. The introductory chapters, which are general in scope, review the importance of morphologic patterns in diagnosis, diagnostic discrepancies that arise in practice, and frozen section evaluation. The latter two chapters include information on quality assurance issues. Chapters about morphologic patterns and diagnostic discrepancies also serve as an index to guide the reader though later portions of the book. A special feature of the frozen section chapter is that it contains figures photographed from actual frozen sections and a short discussion of the use of telepathology. The second part of the book focuses on the most common types of ovarian neoplasms, those usually referred to as “surface-epithelial” tumors. In addition to the expected chapters about serous, endometrioid, clear cell, mucinous, and metastatic neoplasms (included in this part because of frequent diagnostic
