title: Rare extraperitoneal involvement with fatal outcome in a case of bilateral luteinized thecoma of the ovaries with sclerosing peritonitis.
abstract: We report the case of a woman diagnosed with bilateral luteinized thecoma of the ovaries with sclerosing peritonitis, multiple intraperitoneal cystic lesions, and extraperitoneal lesions of the liver, inferior to the spleen, and high suspicion of bone marrow involvement. The patient developed profound pancytopenia with rapid clinical deterioration and a fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Medhat
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt ; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0557, USA ; The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, 3125 Eden Avenue, University of Cincinnati, Cancer Institute, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0508, USA.
authors.forename: Mohamed A Y
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Abdel Malek
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
authors.forename: Saad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Helmy
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0557, USA ; The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, 3125 Eden Avenue, University of Cincinnati, Cancer Institute, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0508, USA ; The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, 3125 Eden Avenue, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0508, USA.
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Driscoll