A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Ovary Presented after Treatment of Microinvasive Cervical Cancer.

Kim, Hyun Hee; Lee, Hyang; Kim, Ho A; Kim, Moon Hong; Kim, Seong Il; Choi, Seock Chul; Ryu, Sang Young; Lee, Kyung Hee; Park, Sun Hoo

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2002;45(11):2062-2066.
Published online November 1, 2002.

A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Ovary Presented after Treatment of Microinvasive Cervical Cancer.

Hyun Hee Kim, Hyang Lee, Ho A Kim, Moon Hong Kim, Seong Il Kim, Seock Chul Choi, Sang Young Ryu, Kyung Hee Lee, Sun Hoo Park

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Anatomic Pathology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Squamous cell carcinoma of the ovary is rare. It is considered to be associated with benign cystic teratoma, Brenner tumor and ovarian endometriosis which undergo malignant degeneration in their epithelial layers. Although ovarian metastasis from advanced cervical cancer is well known, however, ovarian metastasis from microinvasive cervical cancer is extremely rare. Because there are few reports about squmaous cell carcinom of the ovary, the pathogenesis is still not well known. Recently we experienced a case of squamous cell carcinoma in ovary presenting 109 months after surgical therapy of a microinvasive cervical cancer. We report this case with a brief review of literature and possible pathogenesis.

Key Words: Ovary, Squamous cell carcinoma, Microinvasive cervical cancer