title: Krukenberg tumor presenting with amenorrhea as the sole initial symptom: Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Krukenberg tumor (KT), mostly originates from gastric cancer, is the metastatic tumor of ovaries accounting for 1-2% of all ovarian cancer. Common presenting symptoms include abdominal pain, distension, and ascites. Rests of the patients have non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms including dyspepsia, weight loss, nausea and vomiting. Gynecologic symptoms such as virilization, menstrual bleeding or irregularity and amenorrhea are much less frequent in the literature cases. Here, we present an unusual case of KT presented with amenorrhea as the sole initial symptom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazid Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karatas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hacioglu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aytekin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Imamoglu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koseoglu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altinbas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007725:Krukenberg Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D055815:Young Adult