Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Nobel Medicus, cilt.6, sa.1, ss.81-85, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Most of the metastatic ovarian carcinomas are incidental cases found at surgical exploration. Most of them originate from genital system, breasts or gastrointestinal system. In this study; we aimed to analyze the clinical and pathologic features of metastatic ovarian cancers, retrospectively. In this study, we presented and discussed three cases with metastatic ovarian carcinoma which we encountered in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Taksim Education and Research Hospital between 2005 and 2007. These 3 patients had admitted to our clinic with the diagnosis of adnexal mass. One of these had previously undergone mastectomy and chemotherapy was given due to breast cancer. All of the patients were investigated according to ovarian cancer evaluation protocol. Gastric carcinoma was found in one of the patients. One of the other patients undergone diagnostic laparotomy was diagnosed intra-operatively as colon carcinoma. The diagnosis of the other patient could be determined only after postoperative patho-logical examinations. The ovarian mass in this case was found as metastatic breast cancer. Keeping in mind that 6 to 27.8 per cent of malignant ovarian masses may be of metastatic in origin; complete and detailed systemic investigation is essential. The possibility that bilateral ovarian masses could be metastatic should be considered and must be referred to an oncology center.