Ovarian small cell carcinoma of pulmonary type appearing in ante-mortem ascites: An autopsy case and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Hirotsugu Hashimoto, MD (Author), Atsushi Kurata, MD, PhD (Author), Koji Fujita, CT (Author), Hideto Shimada, MD (Author), Takeshi Nagai, MD (Author), Hajime Horiuchi, MD (Author), Masahiko Kuroda, MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ovarian small cell carcinoma of pulmonary type (OSCCPT) is an extremely rare and aggressive disease. The diagnostic significance of cytology of ascites for OSCCPT, however, has not been shown so far. Here, we report the diagnosis of this carcinoma in an autopsy case with ante-mortem cytology of asci...