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01.12.2014 | Case Report
Colon Cancer with Metachronous Presentation of Krukenberg’s Tumor in an Adolescent
verfasst von:
Puja Sahai, Bidhu Kalyan Mohanti, Prabhat Kumar Raina, Maneesh Kumar Vijay, Sushmita Pathy, Subhash Chander, Atul Sharma
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Sonderheft 1/2014
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Excerpt
The term Krukenberg’s tumor (KT) tends to be applied for any ovarian metastatic carcinoma derived from a primary malignancy usually of gastrointestinal origin. However, the criteria established by Novak and Gray in 1938 for defining a KT were as follows: presence of cancer in the ovary, intracellular mucin production by neoplastic signet ring cells, and diffuse sarcomatoid proliferation of the ovarian stroma [
1]. The usual presentation of KT is seen between 30 and 40 years of age. Herein, clinical profile and therapeutic management of KT from colon cancer in an adolescent are described. …