Mary Ellen Alexander

ORCID: 0000-0002-6517-6379 · 2 papers in corpus · active 2011-2014

Study types

  • article 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 1
article 2014
Clinical Relevance of Increased Endothelial and Mesothelial Expression of Proangiogenic Proteases and VEGFA in the Omentum of Patients with Metastatic Ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma
·doi:10.1016/j.tranon.2014.02.013

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) metastasis to the omentum requires implantation and angiogenesis. We propose that prometastatic changes in the omental endothelium (for angiogenesis) and mesothelium (for implantation) are critical. We invest…

review 2011
Relationship Between Endometriosis, Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, Gliomatosis Peritonei, and Carcinoid Tumor in a Patient With Recurrent Ovarian Teratoma
International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists ·doi:10.1097/pgp.0b013e3181f6bcd4

Gliomatosis peritonei (GP) describes the implantation of mature neuroglial tissue in the peritoneum and is usually associated with mature ovarian teratoma but is also found in cases of immature teratoma. We report the case of a patient with…