Increased alpha-fetoprotein levels in mixed mesodermal tumor of the ovary

Gynecol Obstet Invest. 1984;17(4):169-73. doi: 10.1159/000299143.

Abstract

2 Cases of mixed mesodermal tumor of the ovary with elevated peripheral levels of alpha-fetoprotein (alpha-FP) were studied. The morphology of these tumors is presented. The finding of hyaline droplets of alpha-FP is of special interest. The histogenesis of the tumor was reappraised in light of the increased level of the marker.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / immunology
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / immunology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / analysis*

Substances

  • alpha-Fetoproteins