SEROUS PSAMMOCARCINOMA OF THE OVARY

We report a rare case of psammocarcinoma which presented as a mass in the lower abdomen of an otherwise asymptomatic woman. Ultrasonographic ally, the tumor showed extensive calcification and was suspected to be a myoma, DNA image cytometry and assessment of proliferative activiti ty were performed and showed an euploid, low proliferating tumor cell population,This underlines the low malignancy of this type of carcinom a,which is comparable to that of serous borderline lesions of the ovar y and explains the benign clinical course.