[Metastasis of carcinoma of stomach cancer simulating primary ovarian tumor. Importance of frozen biopsies].
OBJECTIVE
The importance of frozen section in the Diagnosis and management of patients with ovarian tumors.


RESULTS
We report 9 cases of patients with ovary tumors. The primary carcinoma was found during an operation for the ovarian tumor. In these cases the diagnosis of krukenberg tumor was made intraoperatively by frozen section evaluation and the primary carcinoma were found in the stomach.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of the study of 9 patients with metastasis from gastric carcinoma simulating primary carcinoma of the ovary show us the importance of frozen section and the communication with the surgeon intraoperatively.
Instituto Nacional de Enfermdades Neoplásicas, Lima, Peru.
Juvenal
J
Sanchez Lihón
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*