On the border of medical specialties: ovarian metastasis from colorectal cancer
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Abstract
The colon cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer in the world. It is associated with metastatic spread in 50% of cases in the course of the disease. Common sites for synchronous metastases from colorectal cancer are the lung, liver, peritoneum, bone and brain. The frequency of ovarian metastasis from CC varies widely from 1.6 to 7.4%. This type of metastasis is difficult to distinguish clinically from primary ovarian neoplasms. We present a case of a 49-years old woman admitted to the Department of General Surgery at the 5th Military Clinical Hospital in Cracow for elective surgery for metastatic obstructive sigmoid cancer. Computed tomography (CT) showed a large tumor in the right ovarian field. Brief recommendations regarding that issue based on the available literature has been summarized as well.
Keywords: colorectal cancermetastasisovarian tumor
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