ABDOMINAL-PELVIC MASS REVEALING A KRUKENBERG TUMOUR: A CASE REPPORT
- Residentat the Mohammed VI center for the treatment of cancers, pole of gynecologicaloncology IBN ROCHD UniversityHospital Center, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan 2 University Casablanca.
- AssociateProfessor in Mohammed VI Center for the Treatment of Cancer, Pole of GynecologicalOncology IBN ROCHD UniversityHospital Center, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan 2 University Casablanca.
- AssociateProfessor, Head of Service of the Mohammed VI Center for the Treatment of Cancer, Pole of GynecologicalOncology IBN ROCHD UniversityHospital Center, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan 2 University Casablanca.
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Krukenbergtumors are ovarian metastases from non-gynecological, mainly gastrointestinal cancers, such as gastric and colorectal cancers. They are very rare with a stillpoorlyelucidatedetio-pathogenesis(1). Previousretrospectivestudies have suggestedthatKrukenbergtumors are associatedwithapoor prognosis compared to metastaticdiseaseatother sites resultingfrom the sameprimarydisease(2).We report here the observation of a patient whoconsulted for an abdominopelvic mass withoutothersymptomsrevealing a Krukenbergtumortreatedat the Mohamed 6 center for onco-gynecology.
[A. Oubid, Y. Gourja, A. Cherkaoui, M. Benhassou, M. Ennachit and M. Elkarroumi (2022); ABDOMINAL-PELVIC MASS REVEALING A KRUKENBERG TUMOUR: A CASE REPPORT Int. J. of Adv. Res. 10 (Jul). 784-787] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
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