Case of a giant mucinous ovarian carcinoma with bone metastasis.
We report the case of a 51-year-old Japanese woman with a giant (50.75-kg) ovarian tumor. The histopathologic diagnosis was mucinous cystadenocarcinoma. After surgery, the patient was intubated and connected to a respirator for 8 days. Thereafter, she was diagnosed with bone metastasis to the hip bone and the femur.
Nakamura
Manabu
M
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, Saitama, Japan. manabun@f8.dion.ne.jp
Saitoh
Maki
M
Miyamoto
Sumitaka
S
Kubo
Yuko
Y
Tomita
Hatsuo
H
Andoh
Akihiko
A
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*