Open AccessSurgical management of a solitary metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma with colonic origin presenting as gigantic bilateral ovarian masses
Author(s) -
Ahmadi Tafti Seyed Mohsen,
Behboudi Behnam,
Nili Fatemeh,
Hadizadeh Alireza
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6336
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrointestinal tract , colonoscopy , colectomy , metastatic adenocarcinoma , metastasis , adenocarcinoma , general surgery , ovarian tumor , surgery , radiology , ovarian cancer , colorectal cancer , cancer
Metastatic ovarian tumors with a gastrointestinal origin have always been a challenge in surgery; in many cases, the primary tumor is diagnosed after the metastasis. This case was presented with bilateral abdominal masses, which were adenocarcinomas originating from gastrointestinal tract. Following colonoscopy and finding a mass, total colectomy was performed.