Clinico- pathological characteristics of gastric cancer with ovarian metastasis and the reasons for its misdiagnosis
- VernacularTitle:胃癌卵巢转移临床病理特点及误诊原因分析
- Author:
Jie ZHOU
;
Xiaolei CHEN
;
Xueqiong ZHU
;
Wei ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Gastric cancer;
Ovarian cancer;
Metastatic ovary cancer
- From:
Cancer Research and Clinic
2001;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the clinical and pathological features of gastric cancer with ovarian metastasis and to analyze the reasons for its misdiagnosis. Methods There were 52 cases of gastric cancer with ovarian metastasis who had pathologic diagnoses from Jan. 1990 to Jun. 2004, whose clinical datum, pathological classification and the reasons for misdiagnosis were reviewed retrospectively and analyzed. Results The average age of the patients was 40.15?1.28 ( the ages ranging from 22 to 64 ). These patients's first symptoms and signs often were a metastatic ovary cancer. The main ultrasonographic findings were either a complex type of mass with both solid and cystic characteristics or only solid one, most of which accompany hydroperitonia, and among them metastatic ovary tumors on both sides reached 76.9 %. The serum CA125 levels increased, amounting to ( 99.85?14.23)U/mL on the average. It was greatly lower than a primary ovarian cancer(P
