title: Conservative surgery in a young patient with peritoneal psammocarcinoma.
abstract: Psammocarcinoma is a rare epithelial neoplasm of the ovary and peritoneum. The reported management of patients with this tumor includes radical surgery and chemotherapy. We report the case of a young woman with metastatic psammocarcinoma treated with conservative surgery who is alive 6.5 years following positive second-look laparotomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*