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Mediastinal metastasis of ovarian carcinoma
C A Montero1, J M Gimferrer, X Baldo
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clínic, 170 Villarroel St., 08036, Barcelona, Spain. montero@medicina.ub.es
Abstract:
Mediastinal metastasis of ovarian tumors are not rare as autopsy findings. Ovarian carcinomas usually spread by transcaelomic, lymphatic or haematogenous dissemination to peritoneum, pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes, lung and pleura. A case of mediastinal metastasis of ovarian carcinoma is reported. A retrosternal mass was identified by CT scan and resected by VTC surgery.