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Excellent history, gross description and beautiful photos!
Given the clinical presentation of multiple tumors in the ovary and abdominal cavity as well as c-kit positivity, an intraabdominal GIST involving ovary should be considered. You have done a relatively complete panel of IHC so far. The CD117 positivity per se is by no means specific since it can be seen in many other tumors besides GIST. However, the immunoprofile you have done essentially excludes the commonly seen spindle cell neoplasms of the ovary, such as granulosa cell tumor, fibrothecoma, poorly differentitated sex-cord stromal tumor, endometrial stromal sarcoma and leiomyosarcoma. CD117 is usually negative in these tumors I just mentioned. However, there are couple ovarian neoplasms demonstrated relatively high percentage of c-kit positivity. Notoriously known is the dysgerminoma of the ovary with the similar CD117 positivity pattern seen in testicular seminoma. Your PLAP negativity and morphology exclude this possibility. On the other hand, lack of CD34 should not exclude dx of GIST since not all GIST (only about 85%) showing immunoreactivity to CD34.