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RID4169 serous cystadenoma

synonym

Seröses Zystadenom
glycogen-rich cystadenoma
microcystic adenoma
serous microcystic neoplasm

definition

A cystic tumor of the ovary, containing thin, clear, yellow serous fluid and varying amounts of solid tissue, with a malignant potential several times greater than that of mucinous cystadenoma (cystadenoma, mucinous). It can be unilocular, parvilocular, or multilocular. It is often bilateral and papillary. The cysts may vary greatly in size. (Dorland, 27th ed; from Hughes, Obstetric-Gynecologic Terminology, 1972) [MeSH]