Abstract

HERNANDEZ DURAN, Daisy et al. Krunkenberg's tumor. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2011, vol.37, n.3, pp. 414-419. ISSN 0138-600X.

Krukenberg's tumor accounts for 30-40 % of ovarian metastatic cancer and for the 1-2 % of all ovarian malignant tumors. Nowadays and in spite of the fact that the concept of Krukenberg' tumor has been used to refer to all ovarian metastatic tumors those with a digestive origin, its prognosis if bad with only a few survivals beyond one year. This is the case of a female patient aged 38 admitted due to a moderate ascites, anorexia and lose weight undergoes laparotomy with the possible diagnosis of a oncoproliferous ovarian process and the histopathological diagnosis showed a Krukenberg's tumor.

Keywords : Krukenberg's tumor; ovarian cancer; signet-ring cells.

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