Mucinous borderline-like tumor of the gastrointestinal type arising from mature cystic teratoma of the ovary and its immunohistochemical cytokeratin and mucin phenotype.

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Malignant transformation is rarely seen in the disease course of mature cystic teratoma (MCT) of the ovary. Adenocarcinoma arising from MCT is especially rare. We herein present the case of a premenopausal woman with a mucinous borderline-like tumor arising from a MCT. Based on the histological transition between the borderline-like tumor and gastrointestinal elements of the MCT, we consider that the tumor...

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