Ovarian metastasis following gallbladder carcinoma: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Mucinous ovarian cancer raises problems of differential diagnoses because it is often difficult to distinguish the primary from the metastatic form. Most metastatic ovarian tumors originate from the gastrointestinal tract, mainly colorectal, gastric, pancreatic; the gallbladder is a very rare source of ovarian metastases.


METHODS
We report a case of ovarian metastases from a gallbladder cancer, incidentally diagnosed more than 2.5 years earlier during a laparoscopic intervention for biliary lithiasis.


CONCLUSIONS
The interest of this case lies in the long progression-free survival, the venous thromboembolism syndrome that preceded by a few months the diagnosis of the ovarian mass and the discrepancy between the radiologic and the laparoscopic stage assessment.
Department of Endocrinology and Molecular and Clinical Oncology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy. chiara.carlomagno@unina.it
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Carlomagno
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Insabato
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Bifulco
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De Placido
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Lauria
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008875:Middle Aged; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000093542:Gemcitabine
D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D003841:Deoxycytidine; D000093542:Gemcitabine