title: Primary epithelial ovarian carcinoma with gastric metastasis mimic gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
abstract: Epithelial ovarian carcinoma rarely metastasizes to the parenchyma of the stomach. A 55-years-old woman presented with epigastric pain and a feeling of fullness for one month. A subsequent contrast-enhanced CT scan demonstrated a 4.5x4 cm submucosal mass with focal ulceration in the gastric antrum, and this finding was suggestive of GIST. After gastric antrectomy, the final pathology showed metastatic gastric tumor from a primary ovarian serous carcinoma. Because epithelial ovarian carcinoma is usually spread along the peritoneal surface, stomach involvement is rare. Furthermore, transmural gastric metastasis is very rare in a patient with primary ovarian carcinoma. Until now, there has been no reported case of stomach involvement at presentation in a patient with primary ovarian carcinoma. We present here a case of ovarian carcinoma with gastric metastasis that mimicked GIST.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Woo Dae
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Cheol Hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Moon Kyoung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jong Woon
authors.initials: JW
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authors.forename: Ji Shin
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authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ho Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seok Mo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
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