title: Calcified ovarian metastases from mucinous carcinoma of the colon.
abstract: The authors report a case of calcified ovarian metastases from a mucinous carcinoma of the colon observed in an 85-year-old woman. The radiological aspects observed at computed tomography (CT) are described and the possible mechanisms of tumoral calcifications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienze Radiologiche, Università di Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrozzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castriota-Scanderbeg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bova
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Piazza
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed