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Quantitation of Intra-peritoneal Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Published on: July 18, 2016
[Ovarian metastasis of a primary renal cell carcinoma]
Antonio Jalón Monzón1, Miguel Alvarez Múgica, Verónica Bulnes Vázquez
1Servicio de Urología 1, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España. ajalonm@hotmail.com
Objective:
We report one case of ovarian metastasis secondary to a renal clear cell carcinoma.
Methods/Results:
52 year-old consulting for metrorrhagia with the initial diagnosis of primary ovarian carcinoma. Tumor dissemination work up tests reported a renal mass suggestive of ovarian metastasis. Surgery included hysterectomy, double annexectomy, and radical nephrectomy. Final diagnosis was renal clear cell carcinoma with ovarian metastasis.
Conclusions:
Metastases to the ovary pose a diagnostic problem in their interpretation, especially when they show a similar histology to the primary ovarian tumor. Due to therapeutic and prognostic implications, it is very important to differentiate if it is a primary ovarian tumor or a metastasis from a renal carcinoma.
