Description
The ovary is expanded very considerably by tumour tissue. The serosal surface appears normal.
The cut surface shows a cystic area in which there are remnants of bloodclot containing a discrete
nodule of tumour which at 1 pole shows ovarian tissue in which there are the remnants of a corpus
luteum haematoma. There is a further cystic area containing bloodclot and measuring
approximately 2 x 1 cm. This may also be a corpus luteum haematoma although its origin is not
as clear as the first described.
History
This patient presented originally with a carcinoma of the stomach and some time later
presented with an abdominal mass. One ovary weighed 700 grams and the other 60 grams, and
both were infiltrated by tumour with a pattern of adenocarcinoma infiltrating dense fibrous tissue
consistent in appearance with an origin from stomach.