[A Case of Superficial-Type Gastric Cancer with Metastatic Ovarian Cancer Diagnosed by Exploratory Laparotomy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2020 Jan;47(1):159-161.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Here, we report a case of superficial-type gastric cancer with metastatic ovarian cancer(Krukenberg tumor)diagnosed by exploratory laparotomy. Chemotherapy was initiated at an early stage in this patient. A 43-year-old woman with superficialtype gastric cancer(0-Ⅱb plusⅡa), an ovarian tumor, and a solitary sclerotic bone lesion underwent exploratory laparotomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Pathological findings showed that the resected ovarian tumor specimen contained the same type of signet ring cell carcinoma as the biopsy gastric cancer specimen; hence, the patient was diagnosed with superficial- type gastric cancer with metastatic ovarian cancer. She was treated with first-line chemotherapy(capecitabine plus oxaliplatin)15 days after exploratory laparotomy, followed by second-line chemotherapy(ramucirumab plus paclitaxel), thirdline chemotherapy(nivolumab), and fourth-line chemotherapy(irinotecan). Twenty-two months after the start of first-line chemotherapy, she finally died due to bone metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell* / secondary
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparotomy
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / secondary
  • Stomach Neoplasms*