Introduction: Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the ovary is a rare, recently recognized, subtype of ovarian surface epithelial cancer.Case presentation: A 69-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with a 2-year history of progressive enlargement of an abdominal mass. Abdominal computed tomography showed a pelvic mass. CA-125 was normal. A staging operation with total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, infracolic omentectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection was performed. After surgery, the pathologic report of the right ovarian tumour was TCC, grade 3, stage IC. The patient underwent 3 cycles of chemotherapy: carboplatin and paclitaxel. She is regularly followed up and has been disease free for 10 months. Conclusion: Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the ovary is a rare subtype of epithelial ovarian cancer. Surgical resection is the primary therapeutic approach, and patient outcomes after chemotherapy are better than for other types of ovarian cancers. © 2010 Tazi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Tazi, E. M., Lalya, I., Tazi, M. F., Ahellal, Y., M’rabti, H., & Errihani, H. (2010). Transitional cell carcinoma of the ovary: A rare case and review of literature. World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-8-98
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