Abstract This chapter updates several important issues pertaining to epithelial malignancies of the ovary. These include: (1) origins, including fallopian tube and updates on the potential significance of and interpretive…
Abstract This chapter addresses new concepts in the prevention, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of endometrial epithelial neoplasia. Superimposed on the traditional two disease system (endometrioid and serous carcinomas) is newly…
Abstract Stromal and sex cord–stromal tumors of the ovary represent a varied group of tumors composed of ovarian and/or testicular-type cells that are remarkable for their morphologic diversity. Their ability…
Abstract Germ cell tumors of the ovary are presumed to derive from the pathogenic transformation of ovarian germ cells at different stages of development. Germ cell tumors account for 20%…
Abstract Uterine mesenchymal tumors are neoplasms derived from or differentiating toward mesodermally derived tissues. Differentiation is typically toward normal constituents of the uterine corpus—endometrial stroma and myometrial smooth muscle. However,…
Abstract Examination of the placenta is a critical component in evaluating the etiology of intrauterine demise. This is particularly true as pregnancy progresses, as the cause of demise beyond the…
Abstract The primary purposes of this chapter are to both acquaint the reader with the myriad of pathologic findings that will be encountered in the benign ovary and provide a…
Abstract Evaluation of the products of conception in the previable period requires knowledge of fetal and placental development across gestation. The placenta is comprised of two types of trophoblast—cytotrophoblast and…
Abstract Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is a spectrum of abnormal gestations and neoplasms arising from villous or extravillous trophoblast. Molar pregnancy arises secondary to abnormal fertilization, with excess paternal DNA,…
Abstract The peritoneum is involved in a number of disorders that originate in the female genital tract that emerge from müllerian remnants and signify primary disorders that may mimic or…
