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Surgical Techniques to Optimize Ovarian Reserve during Laparoscopic Cystectomy for Ovarian Endometrioma
Published on: January 22, 2022
Cervical adenocarcinoma presenting as an ovarian torsion
M Mvula1, S Roychoudhury2, K King1
1Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, United States.
Background:
Cervical adenocarcinoma is increasing in incidence and can rarely present as ovarian metastasis.Case: A 41-year-old female who presented with left lower quadrant pain and vomiting. Intra-operative findings revealed bilateral ovarian cysts with initial pathology results of mucinous ovarian adenocarcinoma. Final histopathology revealed an invasive poorly differentiated mucinous adenocarcinoma of the cervix.
Conclusions:
Mucinous adenocarcinoma in the ovary is usually a metastasis and an extensive and comprehensive work-up is required to try to locate the primary tumor.Précis: Mucinous adenocarcinoma in the ovary is usually a metastasis and an extensive and comprehensive work-up is required to try to locate the primary tumor.
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