ABSTRACT
The nosology of adnexal neoplasms has been confused and confusing for decades, and much of the mystification of the past was wrought by the lack of logical classification. Classification proposals and inferences regarding lineage from the authorities of the past were often contradictory, and to a lesser extent, this problem persists at the present time. This is in part a consequence of the fact that broad conclusions regarding lineage and classification were based on enzyme histochemical attributes that lacked established specificity and were never properly assessed in the context of controlled trials.
