[Physiopathologic and clinical aspects of Krukenberg tumors].
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.
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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*