Open AccessA 36-year-old female with Krukenberg tumor from a colonic carcinoma
Author(s) -
Srikanth Umakanthan,
Maryann M Bukelo,
Khandelwal Hardik
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.167615
Subject(s) - krukenberg tumor , medicine , ovarian carcinoma , carcinoma , work up , ovarian cancer , oncology , cancer , metastasis
Krukenberg tumor is bilateral ovarian carcinoma's metastasizing most commonly from a gastric primary followed by a colon. We report a case of 36-year-old female with bilateral ovarian mass diagnosed as Krukenberg with a work up for locating the primary site. In this case, we discuss widely the clinical aspects with histopathological features and literature review of Krukenberg tumor.