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Fallopian tube, metastatic carcinoma [LMP86395]

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Diagnostic Modality:

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Disease Category:

Diagnosis:

Metastatic carcinoma

Species:

Organ System:

Female Genital Tract

Gender:

Female

Age:

43 years

Diagnosis Code:

ICD-10: C79.8 | ICD-O: 8490/6

Slide Contributor Information

Colgan, T., Nanji, S., Chang, M.

Keywords

metastasis, metastatic, ovarian, Krukenberg

Clinical History

Section of fallopian tube taken from a patient with a 6 cm solid ovarian tumour.

Clinical Discussion

This patient had a Krukenberg tumour of the ovary: involvement by metastatic signet-ring cell cancer. The section of tube demonstrates lymphovascular deposits of these signet-ring cells. The ovary is a site for metastasis mainly from gastrointestinal and breast carcinomas, although trans-tubal spread from cervical cancers have also been reported.

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