title: Skin metastasis in ovarian carcinoma.
abstract: We report a case of 69-year-old woman who presented with pleural metastasis of a serous papillary adenocarcinoma of the ovary. After chemotherapy and surgery, she had 2 years disease-free survival. After this period of time, she presented with a swollen leg, a cellulitis-like syndrome and erythematous nodules at lower abdominal wall and upper leg skin. The skin biopsy revealed metastasis of adenocarcinoma in the dermis. She died after 4 months of the diagnosis of the skin metastasis. In 20 years experience in our unit, it is the first time that we recognize a cutaneous metastasis in ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bese
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demirkiran
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ilvan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanioglu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arvas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kosebay
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D016190:Carboplatin; D017239:Paclitaxel