Krukenberg tumour simulating uterine fibroids and pelvic inflammatory disease.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of cancer of the colon which presented as secondaries to the ovaries.


METHODS
Case report.


CONCLUSIONS
The case presented is that of a 39-year-old female who presented with lower abdominal pain and a multinodular pelvic mass which led to an initial diagnosis of multiple uterine fibroids and pelvic inflammatory disease. The presence of a colonic mass was first suggested by ultrasound. Laparotomy revealed carcinoma of the colon with bilateral krukenberg's tumour and an insignificant fibroleiomyoma.


CONCLUSIONS
This case is reported to alert practitioners that all multinodular pelvic masses should not be assumed to be multiple fibroids.
Ezem
B U
BU
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, Nnewi. firstezem@yahoo.com
Osuagwu
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CC
Onyiaorah
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IV
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007725:Krukenberg Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery