title: Laparoscopic evaluation of metastatic ovarian cancer: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE AND CASE: Both noninvasive and invasive methods have limited value in the diagnosis of metastatic ovarian cancer. We present a case with the initial complaint of abdominal distention in whom primary and metastatic tumor sites were safely diagnosed by using laparoscopy: a gastric tumor with ovarian metastasis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnostic laparoscopy by the open technique provides a safe and effective diagnostic option in patients with metastatic ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Iyibozkurt
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Akhan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topuz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Citil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berkman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery