Differential diagnosis of borderline serous and mucinous ovarian tumors

Electron microscopic study of borderline serous and mucinous ovarian tumours was carried out and revealed marked heterogeneity of both types of these tumours. On the basis of the remote results of surgical treatment of the patients the most dangerous subtype from the point of view of its malignancy, the so-called proliferating, tumour with atypical epithelium, was established.