[Krukenberg tumor: a clinico-pathological study of 5 cases].
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.
Ben Brahim
Ehsen
E
Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital MT Maânmouri, Nabeul, Tunisie.
Chatti
Samia
S
Ayachi
Meriam
M
Zidi
Yossra
Y
Belhaj Salah
Meriam
M
Ben Othman
Mourad
M
Zouaoui
Taieb
T
Sassi
Sadok
S
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007725:Krukenberg Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*