Skin metastases in ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma: a case report and a review of the literature.
10.5468/ogs.2017.60.6.593
- Author:
Gina NAM
1
;
Young Mee LIM
;
Min Sun CHO
;
Junghye LEE
;
Yun Hwan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kimyhmd@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ovarian neoplasms;
Adenocarcinoma, clear cell;
Neoplasm metastasis;
Skin neoplasms
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell*;
Diagnosis;
Disease Progression;
Drug Therapy;
Humans;
Liver;
Lung;
Lymph Nodes;
Middle Aged;
Mortality;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Ovarian Neoplasms;
Pleura;
Prognosis;
Skin Neoplasms;
Skin*;
Thorax
- From:Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
2017;60(6):593-597
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Epithelial ovarian carcinoma is a high mortality neoplasm in gynecologic malignancy. It usually can metastasize to distant organs such as pleura, liver, lung, and lymph nodes. However, the skin metastases are not common and related to very poor prognosis. Here we report a 54-year-old patient with ovarian clear cell carcinoma with skin metastases on the anterior chest at 11 months after initial diagnosis. Although she received palliative chemotherapy, she expired due to disease progression 2 months later after the diagnosis of skin metastases.