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Ovarian metastasis from pancreatic ductal carcinoma
José Eloy Cobarro1, José Manuel Ramia Ángel1, Silvia Carbonell Morote1
1Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, España.
Abstract:
A clinical case is presented about a rare presentation of pancreatic cancer. Firstly, pancreatic cancer rarely metastasizes to the ovary, and when it does, it usually presents in the form of peritoneal carcinomatosis and bilateral involvement. However, the initial radiological diagnosis was primary pancreatic carcinoma with a synchronous primary ovarian carcinoma. Once analyzed pathologically, it was concluded that it was ovarian metastasis from pancreatic cancer. Given the diagnostic difficulty along with the patient's long survival, an exceptional case is presented.

