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Breast carcinoma masquerading as primary ovarian neoplasm
Author(s) -
Young Robert H.,
Carey Robert W.,
Robboy Stanley J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19810701)48:1<210::aid-cncr2820480133>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - medicine , ovary , pathology , carcinoma , neoplasm , krukenberg tumor , corpus uteri , ovarian carcinoma , cancer , ovarian cancer , metastasis , cervix
Metastases which present as palpable masses in the pelvis occasionally masquerade as primary neoplasms of the ovary. Although most such cancers originate in the stomach and large intestine, the histories of two patients are presented in whom the ovarian tumors were discovered prior to the detection of the breast primary. Three similar cases were found in the literature and are reviewed.