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

Overview

Ovarian epithelial tumors can be classified on several bases depending on the morphology, histopathological behavior and clinical characteristics. The general classification of benign, borderline and malignant tumors is supplemented by classifications systems augmented by molecular and clinicopathological behavior of the tumors. This section also contains WHO classification of ovarian tumors to allow differentiation between epithelial tumors and other ovarian tumors.

Classification

General Classification

  • Epithelial ovarian tumors can broadly be classified on the bases of histopathology and clinical behavior as:[1][2][3][4][5][6]
    • Benign
    • Borderline
    • Malignant tumors
  • Table below provides a summary of this classification:
Epithelial ovarian tumors
Benign Borderline Malignant
  • Serous cystadenoma
  • Mucinous cystadenoma
  • Endometrioid cystadenoma
  • Clear cell tumor
  • Brenner tumor
  • Serous borderline tumor
  • Mucinous borderline tumor
  • Endometrioid borderline tumors
  • Clear cell tumor
  • Brenner tumor of borderline malignancy
  • Serous adenocarcinoma
  • Mucinous adenocarcinoma
  • Endometrioid adenocarcinoma
  • Clear cell adenocarcinoma
  • Malignant Brenner tumor
  • Carcinosarcoma

WHO Classification of Ovarian Epithelial Tumors

  • WHO classifies epithelial ovarian tumors on the basis of histology as follows:[2][3][4][5][6]
    • Serous tumors:
      • Benign (cystadenoma)
      • Borderline tumors (serous borderline tumor)
      • Malignant (serous adenocarcinoma)
    • Mucinous tumors:
      • Benign (cystadenoma)
      • Borderline tumors (mucinous borderline tumor)
      • Malignant (mucinous adenocarcinoma)
    • Endometrioid tumors:
      • Benign (cystadenoma)
      • Borderline tumors (endometrioid borderline tumor)
      • Malignant (endometrioid adenocarcinoma)
    • Clear cell tumors:
      • Benign
      • Borderline tumors
      • Malignant (clear cell adenocarcinoma)
    • Transitional cell tumors:
      • Brenner tumor
      • Brenner tumor of borderline malignancy
      • Malignant Brenner tumor
      • Transitional cell carcinoma (non-Brenner type)
    • Epithelial-stromal:
      • Adenosarcoma
      • Carcinosarcoma (formerly mixed Müllerian tumors)
Ovarian epithelial tumors
Serous tumors Mucinous tumors Endometrioid tumors Clear cell tumors Transitional cell tumors Epithelial-stromal
  • Benign (cystadenoma)
  • Borderline tumors (serous borderline tumor)
  • Malignant (serous adenocarcinoma)
  • Benign (cystadenoma)
  • Borderline tumors (mucinous borderline tumor)
  • Malignant (mucinous adenocarcinoma)
  • Benign (cystadenoma)
  • Borderline tumors (endometrioid borderline tumor)
  • Malignant (endometrioid adenocarcinoma)
  • Benign
  • Borderline tumors
  • Malignant (clear cell adenocarcinoma)
  • Brenner tumor
  • Brenner tumor of borderline malignancy
  • Malignant Brenner tumor
  • Transitional cell carcinoma (non-Brenner type)
  • Adenosarcoma
  • Carcinosarcoma (formerly mixed Müllerian tumors)

International Agency for Research on Cancer Histologic Groups of Ovarian Tumors

Classification from International agency for research on cancer is summarized in the table: [4][5][7]

Ovarian tumors
  • Carcinoma
    • Serous carcinoma
    • Mucinous carcinomac
    • Endometrioid carcinoma
    • Clear cell carcinoma
    • Adenocarcinoma NOS
    • Other specified carcinomas
    • Unspecified carcinoma
  • Sex cord-stromal tumors
  • Germ cell tumors
  • Other specified cancers (including malignant Brenner tumor, mullerian mixed tumor, and carcinosarcoma)
  • Unspecified cancer

Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Classification Based on Clinicopathologic and Molecular Evidence

  • Recent advances in histopathology and a better understanding of clinicopathologic characteristics have led to a classification system that correlates histology and clinical characteristics.
  • This classification subdivides malignant ovarian tumors in two types.
  • Type I tumors generally arise from endometriosis or fallopian tubal related serous epithelium. They exhibit less aggressive clinical course and a different genetic profile relative to Type II.[1][3]
  • Type II tumors generally arise from fallopian tubal epithelium. They exhibit more aggressive clinical course and a different genetic profile relative to Type I.[1][3]
  • * Type I tumors are generally characterized by chromosomal stability and somatic mutations that may include KRAS, BRAF, PTEN, PIK3CA, CTNNB1, ARID1A and PPP2R1A. BRCA1 mutation, on the other hand, has not been observed and TP53 mutation is very rare.[8]
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Type I Type II
  • Low-grade serous carcinoma
  • Endometrioid carcinoma
  • Clear cell carcinoma
  • Mucinous carcinoma
  • Malignant Brenner tumor
  • Seromucinous carcinoma
  • High-grade serous carcinoma
  • Undifferentiated carcinoma
  • Carcinosarcoma

WHO Classification of Ovarian Tumors

WHO classifies ovarian tumors as follows:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Ovarian Cancer
Epithelial Sex-cord stromal Germ cell Others
  • Serous tumors:
    • Benign (cystadenoma)
    • Borderline tumors (serous borderline tumor)
    • Malignant (serous adenocarcinoma)
  • Mucinous tumors:
    • Benign (cystadenoma)
    • Borderline tumors (mucinous borderline tumor)
    • Malignant (mucinous adenocarcinoma)
  • Endometrioid tumors:
    • Benign (cystadenoma)
    • Borderline tumors (endometrioid borderline tumor)
    • Malignant (endometrioid adenocarcinoma)
  • Clear cell tumors:
    • Benign
    • Borderline tumors
    • Malignant (clear cell adenocarcinoma)
  • Transitional cell tumors:
    • Brenner tumor
    • Brenner tumor of borderline malignancy
    • Malignant Brenner tumor
    • Transitional cell carcinoma (non-Brenner type)
  • Epithelial-stromal:
    • Adenosarcoma
    • Carcinosarcoma (formerly mixed Müllerian tumors)
  • Pure stromal tumors:
    • Fibroma
    • Cellular fibroma
    • Thecoma
    • Luteinized thecoma associated with sclerosing peritonitis
    • Fibrosarcoma
    • Sclerosing stromal tumor
    • Signet-ring stromal tumor
    • Microcystic stromal tumor
    • Leydig cell tumor
    • Steroid cell tumor
    • Steroid cell tumor, malignant
  • Pure sex cord tumors:
    • Adult granulosa cell tumor
    • Juvenile granulosa cell tumor
    • Sertoli cell tumor
    • Sex cord tumor with annular tubules
  • Mixed sex cord-stromal tumors
    • Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors
      • - Well-differentiated
      • - Moderately differentiated with heterologous elements
      • - Poorly differentiated with heterologous elements
      • - Retiform with heterologous elements
    • Sex cord-stromal tumours, NOS*
  • Teratoma
    • Immature
    • Mature
    • Solid
    • Cystic (dermoid cyst)
  • Dysgerminoma
  • Endometrial Sinus tumors
  • Embryonal carcinoma
  • Polyembryoma
  • Choriocarcinoma
  • Mixed germ cell tumors tumors
  • Gonadoblastoma
  • Germ cell sex cord-stromal tumor of nongonadoblastoma type
  • Tumors of rete ovarii
  • Mesothelial tumors
  • Tumors of uncertain origin and miscellaneous tumors
  • Gestational trophoblastic diseases
  • Soft tissue tumors not specific to ovary
  • Malignant lymphomas leukemias, and plasmacytomas
  • Unclassified tumors
  • Secondary (metastatic) tumors
  • Tumor-like lesions

References

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