A 41-year-old woman presents with a 6-month history of progressive abdominal distension and early satiety. Imaging reveals a massive 32 cm left ovarian mass. The gross pathology specimen demonstrates the structure marked **A** in the diagram—a multiloculated cyst with honeycomb architecture containing thick viscous mucinous fluid. Histopathology confirms benign mucinous cystadenoma with tall columnar mucin-secreting epithelium, no atypia, and no stromal invasion. Which of the following best describes the clinical significance of the honeycomb architecture marked **A** in distinguishing this lesion from its malignant counterpart?
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