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Quantitation of Intra-peritoneal Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Published on: July 18, 2016
[Pancreatic tumor revealed by metastatic bilateral ovarian tumor with virilisation syndrome]
M-C Baranzelli1, M-P Chauvet, L Vanseymortier
1Département des laboratoires, centre Oscar-Lambret, 3, rue Frédéric-Combemale, BP 307, 59020 Lille, France. mc-baranzelli@o-lambret.fr
Abstract:
We report a case of a 38-year-old patient presenting with both pancreatic and a bilateral ovarian tumor revealed by a virilization syndrome. Clinically, both tumors were conceivably distinct. However, on histological examination, they were found to be morphologically similar, with neuroendocrine features, suggesting that pancreatic tumor was a primitive neoplasm and the ovarian one a metastatic spread of that lesion. The virilization syndrome was due to the functional status of the ovarian tumors that was confirmed by immunohistochemical detection of inhibin.
