| Journal: | Revista información científica |
| Database: | |
| System number: | 000553937 |
| ISSN: | 1028-9933 |
| Authors: | Suárez Labori, Gilberto Leyva Soler, Alberto Salvent Tames, Adrian |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Volumen: | 89 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 162-168 |
| Country: | Cuba |
| Language: | Español |
| English abstract | The Krukenberg tumor represents 1 to 2 % of all ovarian cancers, its diagnosis is considered to be in approximately 30 % of metastatic to the ovary cancers, and are characterized by the presence of cell-ring and its most common source is digestive tract and breast. The prognosis of a patient with this tumor is extremely poor. A case of a female patient aged 47 was admitted for lower abdominal pain and palpable abdominal tumor, she was underwent laparotomy with a diagnosis of ovarian tumor. The pathology report showed a Krukenberg tumor, confirming its origin in a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma colon. |
| Spanish abstract | El tumor de Krukenberg representa del 1 al 2 % del total de neoplasias ováricas, se considera que se diagnostica en alrededor del 30 % de los cánceres metastáticos al ovario, se caracterizan por la presencia de células en anillo de sello y su origen más frecuente es aparato digestivo y mama. El pronóstico de una paciente con este tumor es extremadamente pobre. Se presenta un caso de una paciente femenina de 47 años que ingresó por dolores abdominales bajos y tumor abdominal palpable a la que se le realizó laparotomía con diagnóstico de tumor de ovario. El informe anatomopatológico arrojó un tumor de Krukenberg, confirmándose su origen en un adenocarcinoma de colon bien diferenciado. |
| Keyword: | tumor de Krukenberg, cáncer de ovario, células en anillos de sello |
| Keyword: | Krukenberg tumor, ovarian cancer, cells as rings |
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