title: [Cutaneous metastases from epithelial ovarian cancer].
abstract: Cutaneous involvement is a rare presentation of ovarian cancer. There are only a few such case reports in the literature, most of them in surgical scars or subcutaneous nodules. This is a rare case of a patient presenting with skin metastases originating from primary ovarian carcinoma, which appeared 8 months following a disease-free interval. Based on this case report and a review of the literature, it is concluded that cutaneous involvement in ovarian cancer is a poor prognostic sign. Life expectancy of these patients is only a few months from the time of diagnosis of skin metastases. Thus, one should consider merely a palliative approach in these cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. d_vitner@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vitner
authors.forename: Amnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amit
authors.forename: Hedviga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kerner
authors.forename: Eliza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Lior
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lowenstein
mesh_terms: D000077216:Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013997:Time Factors