PRIMARY AND METASTATIC MUCINOUS OVARIAN CANCER. DIAGNOSTIC DIFFICULTIES AND NEWDEVELOPMENTS IN TREATMENT

In order to improve the results of treatment of patients with malignant ovarian tumors the clinical, morphological and genetic characteristics of mucinous tumors were analyzed. There are 4 cases of mucinous ovarian tumors: the case of mucinous cystadenocarcinoma ovarian associated with dermoid cyst; the case of the giant metastases to ovarian from colorectal mucinous adenocarcinoma; the case of mucinous metastases to ovarian associated with malignant mesotheliomas; the case of the low-grade mucinous neoplasm (mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix) presented with pseudomyxoma peritonei and mucinous ovarian tumor.