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Table 1 List of reported cases in literature of primitive ovarian PMP associated with teratoma

From: A case of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei of an unexpected origin

Number of reported cases

Age at diagnosis

Laterality / size of ovarian tumor

Histological type of mucinous ovarian tumor

Immunohistochemical profile of mucinous ovarian tumor

Percentage and composition of teratomatous elements

Appendix examination

Therapeutic strategy

Follow-up data

Bibliographical reference

3

35

right / 22 cm

borderline with focal cystadenocarcinoma

CK7-, CK20+

4%, squamous epithelium and adnexal glands

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

death after disease progresion at 49 mo

[28] Ronnett et al. Am J Surg Pathol. 2003.

81

left / 7 cm

cystadenoma

CK7-, CK20+

8%, squamous epithelium and sebaceous glands

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

survival without relapse at 54 mo

89

left / 15 cm

borderline

CK7-, CK20+

11%, squamous epithelium and cartilage

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

survival without relapse at 48 mo

1

39

left / 14 cm

cystadenoma

CK7-, CK20+

low, squamous epithelium and adnexal glands

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

survival without relapse at 6 mo

[29] Pranesh et al. J Clin Pathol. 2005.

1

67

left / 20 cm

borderline

CK7-, CK20+

low, dermoid cyst

NA (appendicectomy 42 years ago)

cytoreductive surgery

survival without relapse at 6 mo

[30] Marquette et al. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2006.

2

38

left / 14 cm

borderline

CK7-, CK20+

5–10%, squamous epithelium and adnexal glands

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

survival without relapse at 24 mo

[31] Stewart et al. Pathology. 2006.

58

right / 16.5 cm

borderline

CK7-, CK20+

5–10%, squamous epithelium and adnexal glands

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

survival without relapse at 21 mo

1

45

left / 12 cm

cystadenocarcinoma

NA

low, squamous epithelial and sebaceous glands

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

NA

[32] Mandal et al. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2008.

10

57

NA / NA

cystadenoma

CK7-, CK20+ (88%) CK7+, CK20- (13%)

low, squamous epithelium and adnexal glands, more or less other mature tissues

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

NA

[33] McKenney et al. Am J Surg Pathol. 2008.

36

NA / 25 cm

borderline

Ma and Mi: normal

NA

54

NA / 14 cm

borderline

Ma and Mi: normal

survival without relapse at 24 mo

41

NA / 25 cm

borderline

NA

NA

42

NA / 7 cm

borderline

Ma and Mi: normal

survival without relapse at 27 mo

47

NA / 20 cm

borderline

Ma and Mi: normal

survival without relapse at 23 mo

28

NA / 22 cm

borderline

Ma and Mi: normal

survival without relapse at 61 mo

48

NA / NA

cystadenocarcinoma

NA

metastases to omentum and pelvic serosa at 29 mo

21

NA / NA

cystadenocarcinoma

NA

died of other disease at 6 mo

56

NA / NA

cystadenocarcinoma

Ma and Mi: normal

metastases to omentum, small bowel serosa and mesentery at diagnosis

2

46

right / 15 cm

borderline

CK7+, CK20+

NA, squamous epithelium and bone

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

NA

[34] Hwang et al. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2009.

28

left / 40 cm

cystadenoma focally borderline

NA, squamous epithelium and adnexa

Ma without Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy

NA

1

43

right / NA

borderline

CK7+, CK20-

NA, squamous epithelium

Ma and Mi: chronic appendicitis

cytoreductive surgery

survival without relapse at 6 mo

[35] Mohtaram et al. Pan Afr Med J. 2013.

1

45

right / 29 cm

borderline

CK7+, CK20-

skin and adnexa

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

NA

[36] Choi et al. Pathology. 2016.

3

75

left / NA

borderline

CK7+, CK20+

NA

Ma and Mi: appendicitis

cytoreductive surgery

survival without relapse at 25 mo

[37] Yan et al. Cancer Manag Res. 2020.

45

right / NA

borderline with focal cystadenocarcinoma

CK7+, CK20+

NA

Ma and Mi: appendicitis

cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC

survival with disease at 30 mo

53

bilateral / NA

cystadenocarcinoma

CK7-, CK20+

NA

Ma and Mi: appendicitis

cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC

survival with disease at 29 mo

1

25

left / 8.4 cm

ruptured appendiceal-like mucocele associated with LAMN in an ovarian teratoma

CK7+, CK20+

skin and pilosebaceous annexes, serous and mucinous glands, respiratory epithelium, adipose tissue and smooth muscle and colonic wall

Ma and Mi: normal

cytoreductive surgery

survival without relapse at 5 mo

Present case report

total: 26 cases

mean age at diagnosis: 47.8

        
  1. Ma macroscopic, Mi microscopic, mo months, NA Not Available, HIPEC Hyperthermic IntraPEritoneal Chemotherapy
  2. Cytoreductive surgery relying on hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, appendicectomy and omentectomy