Borderline Papillary Serous Tumour of the Peritoneum

Md Mustafizur Rahman, Md Abul Kalam Azad, Nadim Ahmed, Nazmin Rahman, Muhammad Raquib Hussain
2018 Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College  
<p>Primary borderline serous peritoneal tumour is a rare lesion found in the absence of ovarian pathology, in the presence of minimal ovarian involvement or in association with benign ovarian tumour. It is thought to arise from the mullerian system, which is embryologically derived from the coelomic and sub-coelomic mesenchyme, and therefore shares histologic similarities with ovarian serous tumours. Such tumours are mostly found in women of reproductive age group although cases have been
more » ... ed for post-menopausal women. We report a case of a primary peritoneal borderline tumour diagnosed in a middle aged patient with lump and pain the upper abdomen in Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College &amp; Hospital<strong>.</strong></p><p>J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll, December 2016, Vol.8(2); 69-72</p>
doi:10.3329/jssmc.v8i2.37247 fatcat:nqhsdbklyvablhasmxx656kyk4