Emanuela D'Angelo

Based on histopathology and molecular genetics, ovarian carcinomas are divided into five main types: high-grade serous (70%), endometrioid (10%), clear cell (10%), mucinous (3%), and low-grade serous (<5%) carcinomas. These tumors, which ac…

Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcaemic type (SCCOHT) is a lethal and sometimes familial ovarian tumour of young women and children. We and others recently discovered that over 90% of SCCOHTs harbour inactivating mutations in the …

Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the ovary is extremely rare. We studied a 58-year-old woman in whom a keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the ovary had arisen from a mucinous cystic tumor of endocervical (müllerian) type. The tumor w…