Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

Overview

Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma must be differentiated from mucinous cystadenoma, serous cystadenoma, and pseudocyst.

Differentiating Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma from other Diseases

Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of ovary

  • Mucinous borderline tumor of the ovary
  • Metastatic mucinous carcinoma[1]

Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of pancreas

Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of appendix

  • Appendicitis
  • Nonmucinous appendiceal tumors
  • Mesenteric cyst[2][3]
Mucinous

cystadenocarcinoma

of ovary

Clinical manifestations Para-clinical findings Gold standard
Sign and symptoms Physical

examination

Lab Findings Imaging Histopathology
US CT MRI
Mucinous

borderline

tumor

of the ovary

  • Asymptomatic initially
  • Vaginal bleeding
  • Abdominal mass
  • Increased abdominal girth
  • Abdominal mass
  • Decreased Hb
  • Raised CEA
  • Localizes tumor
  • Demarcates the cancer
  • To visulaize the extent of the tumor
  • Large multiloculated cystic masses
  • mucus-containing cysts
  • Image guided biopsy and histopathological analysis
Metastatic

mucinous

carcinoma[4]

  • Ascities
  • Abdominal mass
  • Abdominal fullness
  • Early satiety
  • Fatigue
  • Bowel obstruction
  • Pleural effusion
  • Pelvic or abdominal pain
  • Venous thromboembolism
  • Bloating
  • Urinary frequency
  • Increased abdominal girth
  • Abdominal mass
  • Ascities
  • Pallor
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Incresed CA-125
  • Decreased-Hb
  • Raised CEA
  • For the assessment for ascites and to the extent of cancer
  • Shows intra-abdominal spread
  • Shows distant metastasis and extent of the tumor
  • Mucinous differentiation
  • Tall columnar cells with apical mucin
  • Endocervical or intestinal-like appearance
  • Back-to-back cribriform glands with confluent growth pattern
  • Invasive morphology
  • Image-guided biopsy of patients with peritoneal metastasis and histopathological analysis
Mucinous

cystadenocarcinoma of pancreas

Symptoms Physical examination Lab Findings US CT MRI Histopathology Gold standard
Mucinous

cystadenoma

of pancreas[5]

  • Solitary, multilocular or unilocular cysts with a fibrotic wall and containing mucin.
  • Columnar epithelium lined mucin-producing cysts with different level of dysplasia.
Pancreatic

pseudocyst

Serous

cystadenoma

of pancreas

Mucinous

cystadenocarcinoma of appendix

Symptoms Physical examination Lab 1 US CT MRI Histopathology Gold standard
Appendicitis
Nonmucinous

appendiceal

tumors

Mesenteric

cyst[2]

References

  1. Ovary Epithelial tumors. Atlasgeneticsoncology (2016).http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/Tumors/OvaryEpithTumID5230.html Accessed on February 29, 2016
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hamilton DL, Stormont JM (1989). "The volcano sign of appendiceal mucocele". Gastrointest. Endosc. 35 (5): 453–6. PMID 2792684.
  3. Raijman I, Leong S, Hassaram S, Marcon NE (March 1994). "Appendiceal mucocele: endoscopic appearance". Endoscopy. 26 (3): 326–8. doi:10.1055/s-2007-1008979. PMID 8076556.
  4. Hewitt MJ, Anderson K, Hall GD, Weston M, Hutson R, Wilkinson N, Perren TJ, Lane G, Spencer JA (January 2007). "Women with peritoneal carcinomatosis of unknown origin: Efficacy of image-guided biopsy to determine site-specific diagnosis". BJOG. 114 (1): 46–50. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01176.x. PMID 17233859.
  5. Campbell F, Azadeh B (April 2008). "Cystic neoplasms of the exocrine pancreas". Histopathology. 52 (5): 539–51. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02856.x. PMID 17903202.

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