Implantation metastasis alongside an intraperitoneal chemotherapy catheter in ovarian carcinoma.
An elderly woman with recurrent ovarian malignancy was treated with intraperitoneal chemotherapy, administered via a subcutaneously buried catheter. She developed the unusual complication of a metastasis along the course of this catheter.
Warnock
N G
NG
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242-1077, USA.
Riley
M
M
D000368:Aged; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D010478:Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D016190:Carboplatin