Open AccessKrukenberg's tumour
Author(s) -
Muhammad Sani Mijinyawa,
Mahmoud U Sani,
Salim Yusuf,
AZ Mohammed,
Sulaiman Alhassan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v18i4.51255
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , lumen (anatomy) , colonoscopy , cancer , ovary , radiology , sigmoid colon , adenocarcinoma , lesion , colorectal cancer , pathology , surgery , rectum
Krukenburg's tumour, a metastatic cancer to the ovary can pose difficulties in early diagnosis. The paucity of reports from our environment coupled with the difficulties we encountered makes it imperative that we report this case.