title: [Physiopathologic and clinical aspects of Krukenberg tumors].
abstract: Although described for the first time for more than one hundred years ago, Krukenberg tumors still retain some controversial aspects. The lack of consensus and consistency in using a single definition, the difficulty to admit the existence of a primitive form of the tumor, the lack of knowledge concerning the precise mechanisms of metastases and the absence of a distinctive and characteristic clinical symptoms which often contrasts the usually large dimensions of the tumor are some of the aspects which need further elucidation.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Universitar CF, Clinica Chirurgie IV, Universitatea de Medicina şi Farmacie Iuliu Haţieganu, Cluj-Napoca. melaniaman@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Melania
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Man
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cazacu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oniu
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007725:Krukenberg Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000556:secondary; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*