[Cutaneous metastases from epithelial ovarian cancer]

Harefuah. 2011 May;150(5):441-2, 491.
[Article in Hebrew]

Abstract

Cutaneous involvement is a rare presentation of ovarian cancer. There are only a few such case reports in the literature, most of them in surgical scars or subcutaneous nodules. This is a rare case of a patient presenting with skin metastases originating from primary ovarian carcinoma, which appeared 8 months following a disease-free interval. Based on this case report and a review of the literature, it is concluded that cutaneous involvement in ovarian cancer is a poor prognostic sign. Life expectancy of these patients is only a few months from the time of diagnosis of skin metastases. Thus, one should consider merely a palliative approach in these cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Life Expectancy
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Prognosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Time Factors