Ovary
General
Features to report
Author: Indranil Chakrabarti, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2016
Last staff update: 11 March 2020
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Definition / general
- Specimen type:
- Ovary (unilateral / bilateral), presence of fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, omentum, peritoneum
- Procedure done
- Involvement of fallopian tube(s), opposite ovary and other tissues / organs (as mentioned in specimen type)
- Specimen integrity
- Capsule intact, ruptured, fragmented, etc.
- Ovarian surface involvement (present / absent)
- Tumor site (within the ovary)
- Tumor size
- Greatest dimension ____cm
- Additional dimensions ___X ____cm
- Tumor appearance
- Smooth / papillary, solid / cystic / both, necrosis, hemorrhage, calcification
- Histologic type (Refer to WHO classification of Ovarian neoplasms)
- Histologic grade
- Intratumoral T cells
- Lymphovascular space involvement
- Lymph nodes positive / number of nodes examined
- Extranodal extension (present / absent)
- Implants:
- Applicable to serous / seromucinous borderline tumors
- Not sampled / present / absent
- If present: noninvasive epithelial, noninvasive desmoplastic or invasive (mention sites)
- Presence of endometriosis (ovarian / extraovarian), endosalpingosis or other findings
- Treatment effect
- Applicable to carcinomas treated with neoadjuvant therapy
- Poor response / no response / marked response
- Special studies
- Histochemistry, immunohistochemistry, hormone receptor studies, flow cytometry for DNA ploidy, etc.
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