A case of krukenberg tumor.

Cho, Geum Joon; Kim, Ok Kyong; Ahn, Ki Hoon; Kim, Gwang Il; Lee, Kyu Wan

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Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2005;48(2):484-488.
Published online: February 1, 2005

A case of krukenberg tumor.

Geum Joon Cho, Ok Kyong Kim, Ki Hoon Ahn, Gwang Il Kim, Kyu Wan Lee

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine Korea University, Seoul, Korea. pumplee@kumc.or.kr
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Metastatic tumor to ovary are uncommon, but there is a situation in which a metastatic adenocarcinoma to ovary appears as a large mass and resembles a primary tumor: a Krukenberg tumor of ovary which has a signet ring histologic pattern and usually is metastatic principally from a gastrointestinal tract cancer. We have an experience of one case of metastatic Krukenberg tumor from stomach and report the case with brief review of literature.

Keywords: Krukenberg tumor

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