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Mesenchymal Tumors and Malignant Lymphoma of the Ovary

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The tumors described and discussed in this chapter comprise a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that are nonspecific to the ovary. They are uncommon in this location, occurring much more frequently in other parts of the body. Consequently, whenever they are encountered in the ovary these tumors pose difficult problems concerning diagnosis, histogenesis, behavior, and therapy for the pathologist and clinician alike. These neoplasms must be differentiated from primary ovarian neoplasms containing mesenchymal tissue, as well as from metastatic and disseminated neoplasms affecting the ovary. Thus, mesenchymal neoplasms nonspecific to the ovary must be differentiated primarily from teratomatous neoplasms containing large amounts of mature or immature mesenchymal elements and from the mixed mesodermal (Müllerian) tumors, composed of different malignant connective tissue elements.

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    Ancel Blaustein M.D. (Clinical Professor of Pathology, Director of Laboratories) (Clinical Professor of Pathology, Director of Laboratories)

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Talerman, A. (1982). Mesenchymal Tumors and Malignant Lymphoma of the Ovary. In: Blaustein, A. (eds) Pathology of the Female Genital Tract. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1767-9_22

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