Outcome of patients with ovarian metastatic tumors. Report of 83 cases and review.
The aim of the study was to review patients with metastatic ovarian tumors in relation to their outcome and clinical characteristics.


METHODS
It was a retrospective study including 83 patients with histopathological diagnosis of metastatic ovarian tumor. The examined parameters include age of the patients, origin of the tumor, consistency and appearance of the tumor, histological type and 5-year survival.


RESULTS
The 5-year survival time of patients with metastatic ovarian tumors originating from the genital tract was 14.8% and for metastatic ovarian tumors originating outside the genital tract 5.4%.


CONCLUSIONS
The presence of metastatic ovarian tumors should always be included in the differential diagnosis of a pelvic mass. Difficulties in identification of the primary tumor site are present mainly in cases of metastatic tumors from the colon, while metastasis to the ovary from the breast tends to form small nodules in the ovary.
Salamalekis
E
E
2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Bakas
P
P
Sykiotis
K
K
Saloum
I
I
Kontogianni
K
K
Pabameto
E
E
Pafiti
A
A
Creatsas
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis