title: [Ovarian metastasis from bronchial carcinoma].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The ovary, being a richly vascular organ, may receive metastases from numerous tissues, particularly of gynecologic origin. Extragenital cancers are dominated by gastro-intestinal and breast tumors. The lung is exceptionally described as a primary site of ovarian metastasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a 28-year-old woman who was found to have a right perihilar opacity. The diagnosis of small cell bronchial carcinoma was made by bronchial biopsy. A right-sided uterine mass was also identified. This was resected and histopathology identified it as an ovarian metastasis from the pulmonary tumor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report, through this case, and present a review of the literature on ovarian metastasis originating from bronchopulmonary neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumo-Allergologie, CHU Hédi Chaker, Sfax 3029, Tunisie. wajdi.ketata@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ketata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Msaad
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frikha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayoub
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography