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Arch Gynecol Obstet 2010 Sep 16;282(3):343-6. Epub 2010 Feb 16.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, Basel, Switzerland.

We report a rare case of a woman with bilateral papillary cystadenomata of the broad ligament with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) (other manifestations: capillary hemangioblastomas of the spinal cord). Patient surveillance is important, because in the course of VHL-associated tumors malignant lesions may arise that are relevant for the prognosis. Read More

Int J Gynecol Pathol 1983 ;2(1):93-9

A papillary serous tumor of borderline malignancy (serous tumor of low malignant potential) was identified in the broad ligament of a 19-year-old woman. The tumor did not involve fallopian tube or ovary. Cysts and overt malignant tumors of the broad ligament have been previously reported; however, to our knowledge none have been identified as borderline malignant tumors. Read More