Gynae cancers & cysts (Phyllis' Version)

Question 1

What are the cell types in a normal ovary?

Answer 1

Epithelial cells
Germ cells
Stromal cells

Question 2

What two types of physiological cysts are there in the ovary? How common are they?

Answer 2

Follicular (most common)

Corpus luteum (most common in pregnancy)

Question 3

What are the benign epithelial cell tumours of the ovary? And how common are they?
And some histological findings?

Answer 3

Serous cystadenoma (most common)
Histology - columnar epithelium, psammoma bodies (i.e. microcalcifications)

Mucinous cystadenoma (2nd most common, typically very large and become massive)
Histology - mucin secreting cells

Question 4

What are the malignant epithelial ovarian tumours, and how common are they?

Answer 4

Serous carcinoma, mucinous carcinoma, endometriod carcinoma, clear cell

Question 5

Most common malignant ovarian tumour?

Answer 5

Epithelial serous carcinoma