SEROUS PSAMMOCARCINOMA OF THE OVARY IN AN ADOLESCENT FEMALE

A rare form of epithelial ovarian carcinoma in an adolescent female is reported. Serous psammocarcinoma is a type of ovarian cancer that is characterized by extensive psammoma body formation and has not been re ported in this age group. Histopathologically, this tumor exhibits str omal invasion, vascular invasion, epithelial cells with low to moderat e nuclear atypia, nests of solid epithelial cells less than 15 cells i n diameter, and psammoma bodies that involve at least 75% of papillae or nests of cells. The patient underwent optimal surgical debulking an d nine courses of adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatinum and cycloph osphamide and is currently disease free. The prognosis for this type o f ovarian cancer is unclear, but it appears to be better than other fo rms of epithelial ovarian cancer. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.