Melanocyte colonization of adenocarcinoma arising in an ovarian dermoid.

Abstract

An adenocarcinoma which arose in a dermoid cyst of the ovary displayed areas of melanocyte colonization and pigmentation. Ultrastructural study revealed the presence of epithelial tumour cells and melanocytes; many tumour cells contained compound melanosomes, but not premelanosomes, suggesting transfer of melanin from melanocytes to tumour cells. Melanocyte colonization of malignant tumours is a curious phenomenon the significance of which remains to be elucidated.

Full text links

Read article at publisher's site: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2559.1986.tb02475.x

References

Articles referenced by this article (14)

Melanocyte colonization and pigmentation of breast carcinoma.
Azzopardi JG, Eusebi V
Histopathology, (1):21-30 1977
MED: 615831
Title not supplied
Bansal
American Journal of Pathology 1984
APUD cells in teratomas.
Bosman FT, Louwerens JW
Am J Pathol, (2):174-180 1981
MED: 6114639
Melanotic adenocarcinoma of the anorectum.
Chumas JC, Lorelle CA
Am J Surg Pathol, (7):711-717 1981
MED: 6278972
Oral melanoacanthoma. Review of the literature and report of ten cases.
Goode RK, Crawford BE, Callihan MD, Neville BW
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, (6):622-628 1983
MED: 6581460
Melanocyte colonization of nodal metastasis from oral carcinoma.
Gough JC, Benediktsson H
Hum Pathol, (4):373-374 1983
MED: 6832776
Ultrastructural markers of colonic adenocarcinoma.
Hickey WF, Seiler MW
Cancer, (1):140-145 1981
MED: 7193076
W.F. L, and G. S-L(1983 ) Histopathology of the Skin , 6th edition , pp. 568 -569 . J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
Melanin-pigmented components in ovarian teratomas in Ugandan Africans.
Lewis MG
J Pathol Bacteriol, (2):405-409 1968
MED: 5689825
H. P, and A.H. M(1976 ) A Guide to Dermatohistopathology , 2nd edition , pp. 452 -455 . Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York.

Show 4 more references (10 of 14)

Citations & impact

Impact metrics

9

Citations

Jump to Citations

Citations of article over time

Article citations

Clinicopathologic features and pathogenesis of melanocytic colonization in atypical meningioma.
Dehghan Harati M, Yu A, Magaki SD, Perez-Rosendahl M, Im K, Park YK, Bergsneider M, Yong WH
Neuropathology, 38(1):54-61, 18 Aug 2017
Cited by: 2 articles | PMID: 28833600
Pigmented mucoepidermoid carcinoma, a case report and review of the literature on melanin-pigmented salivary gland tumors.
Takeda Y, Kurose A
J Oral Sci, 48(4):253-256, 01 Dec 2006
Cited by: 8 articles | PMID: 17220625
Review
Melanocytic colonization of a meningothelial meningioma: histopathological and ultrastructural findings with immunohistochemical and genetic correlation: case report.
Nestor SL, Perry A, Kurtkaya O, Abell-Aleff P, Rosemblat AM, Burger PC, Scheithauer BW
Neurosurgery, 53(1):211-4; discussion 214-5, 01 Jul 2003
Cited by: 10 articles | PMID: 12823892
Pigmented pleomorphic adenoma, a novel melanin-pigmented benign salivary gland tumor.
Takeda Y, Satoh M, Nakamura S
Virchows Arch, 445(2):199-202, 30 Jun 2004
Cited by: 10 articles | PMID: 15232738
Pigmented squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum associated with a lentigo.
Matsumoto M, Sonobe H, Takeuchi T, Furihata M, Iwata J, Ikeda M, Ohtsuki Y
Br J Dermatol, 141(1):132-136, 01 Jul 1999
Cited by: 19 articles | PMID: 10417529
Review

Go to all (9) article citations

Search life-sciences literature (45,090,497 articles, preprints and more)

Abstract

Full text links

References

Melanocyte colonization and pigmentation of breast carcinoma.

Title not supplied

APUD cells in teratomas.

Melanotic adenocarcinoma of the anorectum.

Oral melanoacanthoma. Review of the literature and report of ten cases.

Melanocyte colonization of nodal metastasis from oral carcinoma.

Ultrastructural markers of colonic adenocarcinoma.

W.F. L, and G. S-L(1983 ) Histopathology of the Skin , 6th edition , pp. 568 -569 . J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.

Melanin-pigmented components in ovarian teratomas in Ugandan Africans.

H. P, and A.H. M(1976 ) A Guide to Dermatohistopathology , 2nd edition , pp. 452 -455 . Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York.

Citations & impact

Impact metrics

Citations of article over time

Article citations

Clinicopathologic features and pathogenesis of melanocytic colonization in atypical meningioma.

Pigmented mucoepidermoid carcinoma, a case report and review of the literature on melanin-pigmented salivary gland tumors.

Melanocytic colonization of a meningothelial meningioma: histopathological and ultrastructural findings with immunohistochemical and genetic correlation: case report.

Pigmented pleomorphic adenoma, a novel melanin-pigmented benign salivary gland tumor.

Pigmented squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum associated with a lentigo.

Similar Articles

Malignant melanoma arising in a dermoid cyst of the ovary.

[Adenosquamous carcinoma arising in a dermoid cyst (benign cystic teratoma) of the ovary--a case report].

A study on the melanin-laden dendritic cell (melanocyte) in ovarian cystic teratoma.

[A case of malignant degeneration of benign cystic teratoma of the ovary].

Partnerships & funding