title: [Heterotopic osteogenesis in postoperative care in ovarian cancer treatment].
abstract: The case of calcification in postoperative scare in patient with ovarian cancer was described. The patient was operated because of ovarian cancer and had subsequently chemiotherapy. Afterwards the second look operation was performed which showed calcification (size 9.5 x 2 x 0.4 cm) in postoperative scare. The calcification wasn't a metastasis from the ovary. The etiology of calcification in unclear. The heterotopic osteogenesis in postoperative scars is quite rare. They usually appear as a result of calcification of connective tissue. Sometimes the relation between osteogenesis and neoplasmatic disease is supposed. Till now the reason of these kind of calcification is still unknown.
authors.affiliation: II Kliniki Połoznictwa i Ginekologii AM w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwaliński
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konefka
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lautenbach
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emerich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care