title: Left inguinal adenopathy two years after cytoreductive surgery: a rare sign of recurrence.
abstract: Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecological cancer in the Western world. Despite a good response to treatment, most patients with ovarian cancer will relapse. The abdominal, pelvic, and retroperitoneal cavities represent the most common sites of ovarian cancer recurrence, with inguinal lymph node involvement rarely reported. Herein we report the case of a 48-year-old Caucasian female who underwent successful surgical and chemotherapy treatment for ovarian epithelial cancer. Two years later, the patient was found to have painless left inguinal adenopathy, which was subsequently found to be metastatic ovarian cancer. CA-125 levels were elevated despite the lack of any foci of metabolically active tissue on imaging. Inguinal lymph node involvement is a rare sign of ovarian cancer. Despite that, it is essential to consider ovarian cancer in the differential diagnosis for inguinal lymphadenopathy in a female patient.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, Ill., USA.
authors: Aibek E
authors: AE
authors: Mirrakhimov
authors: Nwabundo
authors: N
authors: Nwankwo
authors: Aram
authors: A
authors: Barbaryan
authors: Raya
authors: R
authors: Saba
authors: Alaa M
authors: AM
authors: Ali
authors: Shawn G
authors: SG
authors: Kwatra
authors: Nasir
authors: N
authors: Hussain
authors: Mourad H
authors: MH
authors: Senussi
authors: Erwin Velasquez
authors: EV
authors: Kho
authors: Alan D
authors: AD
authors: Gilman
keywords: Inguinal lymph node metastasis; Ovarian cancer; Recurrence