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Appendiceal adenocarcinoid with ovarian metastasis
- Source :
- Gynecologic Oncology. 38:286-288
- Publication Year :
- 1990
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1990.
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Abstract
- The clinicopathologic features of an appendiceal adenocarcinoid that metastasized to the ovary and peritoneum after a 5-year disease-free interval are presented. A review of the literature reveals that appendiceal adenocarcinoid in women has a high frequency (32%) of ovarian metastasis. Among 18 cases with ovarian metastasis, the ovarian metastasis was diagnosed at initial presentation in 13 cases. In the remaining 5 cases the ovarian metastasis developed after disease-free intervals ranging from 6 months to 8 years. In most cases, the ovarian metastasis was the main clinical presentation of the patients. In 5 cases the ovary was the only site of metastasis clinically when metastasis was first diagnosed. There is no known effective treatment for disseminated adenocarcinoid. It is advisable that oophorectomy be included routinely in the initial surgical treatment of appendiceal adenocarcinoid, with the possible exception of the rare pure tubular variant.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Ovary
Adenocarcinoma
Streptozocin
Metastasis
Peritoneum
medicine
Humans
Effective treatment
Surgical treatment
Ovarian Neoplasms
business.industry
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oophorectomy
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Appendix
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Ovarian metastasis
Appendiceal Neoplasms
Oncology
Female
Fluorouracil
Radiology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00908258
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Gynecologic Oncology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....631da7d79910465c8813dd5dc7f50e33