title: Saved by a hernia: an unusual presentation of ovarian cancer.
abstract: A lump in the groin of a 75-year-old woman co-existed with a single ovarian cyst. It was eventually diagnosed as a solitary necrotic omental metastasis from a cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary which had herniated through the femoral canal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Belfast City Hospital, NI.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: McClelland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000209:etiology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery