Krukenberg tumor in a teenager mimicking advanced ovarian cancer: Case report.

Park, Min Ah; Lee, Young Mi; Kang, Moon Sun; Ryu, Myeong Hwa; Lee, Ho Chang; Ryu, Dong Hee; Jeong, Eun Hwan

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Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2009;52(1):103-108.
Published online January 1, 2009.

Krukenberg tumor in a teenager mimicking advanced ovarian cancer: Case report.

Min Ah Park, Young Mi Lee, Moon Sun Kang, Myeong Hwa Ryu, Ho Chang Lee, Dong Hee Ryu, Eun Hwan Jeong

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea. jeongmed@chungbuk.ac.kr
²Department of Pathology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
³Department of Surgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.

Abstract

We experienced a case of Krukenberg tumor arising from transverse colon in a teenager who complained acute abdominal pain, which was confirmed by postoperative pathologic study and initially misdiagnosed as ovarian cancer with a huge pelvic mass, and report with a brief review of literatures.

Key Words: Krukenberg Tumor, Ovarian metastatic, Pelvic mass

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