title: [Krukenberg tumor: a clinico-pathological study of 5 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Krunkenberg tumor is defined as the ovarian metastases of a primary digestive tumor composed of a signet ring cells.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Describe the different characteristics of Krukenberg's tumor to improve diagnostic criteria and the therapeutic approche.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five cases of Krukenberg tumor are diagnosed in 5 year period between 2002 and 2005. The clinico-pathological feature are reported.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient age was ranged from 31 to 58 years. Most ovarian tumors were diagnosed synchronously (3 cases). It was a gastric carcinoma in 3 cases and a colonic carcinoma in 2 patients. Histological diagnosis wass easy. We found in 2 cases a metastasis of colonic mucinous adenocarcinoma with signet ring-cell, in 2 other cases it was a gastric adenocarcinoma with exclusively signet ring cell and in the later case it was a gastric moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma with signet ring cell component. Surgical treatment was given in only 3 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prognosis is always unfavourable. The only hope for improved prognosis is to search for ovarian metastasis in all cases of digestive tumor.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital MT Maânmouri, Nabeul, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Ehsen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ben Brahim
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatti
authors.forename: Meriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayachi
authors.forename: Yossra
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zidi
authors.forename: Meriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belhaj Salah
authors.forename: Mourad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Othman
authors.forename: Taieb
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zouaoui
authors.forename: Sadok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sassi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007725:Krukenberg Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*