RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Displaced granulosa cells in the fallopian tube mimicking small cell carcinoma
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1323
OP 1325
DO 10.1136/jcp.2008.057307
VO 61
IS 12
A1 Vydianath, B
A1 Ganesan, R
A1 McCluggage, W G
YR 2008
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/12/1323.abstract
AB A case is reported where displaced non-neoplastic ovarian granulosa cells within the fallopian tube mimicked a small cell carcinoma. This peculiar phenomenon of displaced granulosa cells has been described previously in the ovary as a rare diagnostic pitfall which may be misinterpreted as metastatic carcinoma. This is believed to be the first documentation of its occurrence in the fallopian tube. Awareness of this rare phenomenon and immunostaining for markers of sex cord differentiation assist in diagnosis and in preventing a false positive diagnosis of malignancy.