[Laparoscopic Resection of a Liver and Ovarian Metastasis of Transverse Colon Cancer-A Case Report]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2023 Dec;50(13):1863-1865.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 60s woman was diagnosed to transverse colon cancer and she underwent laparoscopic right hemicolectomy. Localized peritoneal dissemination surrounding tumor was detected during surgery. She was administrated to chemotherapy due to a hepatic metastasis in S2/3 postoperatively. Subsequently, PET-CT revealed a left ovarian metastasis in addition to a liver metastasis during chemotherapy. Laparoscopic hepatic left lateral segmentectomy and bilateral adnexectomy was performed at 1 year and 9 months after the first surgery and histopathological examination showed a metastasis of transverse colon cancer. The growth of liver and lung metastases and peritoneal disseminations was detected at 6 months later after the second surgery and the patient is currently receiving palliative treatment. Previous literatures described that ovarian metastasis of colon cancer showed bilateral metastasis and resistance to chemotherapy frequently and ruptured in some cases. We should consider to resect bilateral ovary even if unilateral metastasis alone was detected by imaging examination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colon, Transverse* / pathology
  • Colon, Transverse* / surgery
  • Colonic Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Colonic Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Colonic Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Krukenberg Tumor*
  • Laparoscopy*
  • Liver Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Liver Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / secondary
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms* / secondary
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography