Open AccessGastric Metastasis from Ovarian Carcinoma Revealed by Digestive Hemorrhage: Case Report
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of cancer research and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2476-2377
DOI - 10.33140/ijcrt.05.04.03
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , serous cystadenocarcinoma , argon plasma coagulation , ovarian cancer , cancer , serous fluid , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , perforation , ovarian carcinoma , hemostasis , gastroenterology , endoscopy , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Background: Gastric metastases due to ovarian carcinoma are extremely rare and the patients’ prognosis is poor. We report a case of gastric ovarian cancer metastases revealed by gastrosplenic perforation. The secondary gastric tumor appeared seven years after the diagnosis of primary cancer. Case presentation: The patient is a 71-year-old woman with a serous ovarian cancer hospitalized for asthenia with digestive hemorrhage. At esophagogastroduodenoscopy, a protruding mass was noted at the level of the gastric antrum. She underwent a hemostasis of an endoscopic hemostasis by argon plasma; with effective hemostasis. The final pathology revealed gastric metastases of serous ovarian adenocarcinoma. Weekly gemcitabine chemotherapy was adopted, but the disease progressed rapidly. The patient died 4 months later. Conclusion: We have reported a case of gastric metastasis of ovarian tumor origin revealed by digestive hemorrhage. This work reiterates that this secondary localization of this cancer is possible although extremely rare. Studies are still needed to elucidate much of this unclear situation.