Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs or pockets in an ovary or on its surface. Women have two ovaries—each about the size and shape of an almond—on each side of the uterus. Eggs (ova), which ...

Mucinous ovarian carcinoma (MOC) is a rare histotype that responds poorly to chemotherapy. MOC often exhibits genetic events that may be susceptible to existing or novel targeted therapies.

Shirazian added that mucinous cysts are especially uncomfortable because they are filled with a “thick, mucus-like fluid.” Rodriguez's cyst contained 1.1 gallons of fluid.

But cysts can be harmless: some of them go away, and others can be treated. Below, health experts help to break down three areas where women can get cysts. Ovarian cysts ...

Mucinous tumours of the ovary and pancreas affect young women -- between 30 and 40 years of age. They take the form of a large cyst, a kind of ball filled with liquid.

One ovary contained a rare serous cystadenofibroma, while the other had a collision tumor—two distinct cyst types, serous and mucinous, growing side by side without mixing.

Epithelial ovarian cancer Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most common type of ovarian cancer. About 90 out of 100 tumours of the ovary (90%) are epithelial. Epithelial ovarian cancer starts in the ...

These cysts may be benign non-cancerous cysts such as dermoid cysts, mucous-filled cysts or cysts related to endometriosis (as in the previous article). If a cyst appears to be unusual in some way ...

Staging for borderline ovarian tumours Staging shows the size of the tumour and whether it has spread. Doctors use the same staging system for borderline tumours as for ovarian cancer. There are 4 ...