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... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Adenoma > Cystadenoma > Cystadenoma, Serous
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous > Cystadenoma > Cystadenoma, Serous

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Cystadenoma, Serous  

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  • coordinate with probably OVARIAN NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • A cystic tumor of the ovary, containing thin, clear, yellow serous fluid and varying amounts of solid tissue, with a malignant potential several times greater than that of mucinous cystadenoma (CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS). It can be unilocular, parvilocular, or multilocular. It is often bilateral and papillary. The cysts may vary greatly in size. (Dorland, 27th ed; from Hughes, Obstetric-Gynecologic Terminology, 1972)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018293

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