Ovarian carcinoma presenting with axillary lymph node metastasis: A case diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration and brief review of the literature
| Autor: | Ekaterini Politi, Agathi Kondi-Pafiti M.D., Olympia Vasou, Lazaros Skagias, Apostolos Ntinis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Ovarian Neoplasms
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Histology endocrine system diseases medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Biopsy Fine-Needle Carcinoma General Medicine Lymph node metastasis Middle Aged Pathology and Forensic Medicine Fine-needle aspiration Stage IIIB Ovarian Carcinoma Lymphatic Metastasis Ovarian carcinoma Biopsy medicine Humans Female Medical history Differential diagnosis business Pathological |
| Zdroj: | Diagnostic Cytopathology. 36:891-893 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0339 8755-1039 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/dc.20945 |
| Popis: | Ovarian carcinoma is a lethal disease and a main cause of morbidity and mortality among gyneocological malignancies. Metastatic ovarian carcinoma to the axillary node is an expectionally infrequent pathological entity. We report a case of ovarian carcinoma, which presented with axillary lymph node metastasis and review the previously documented cases. A 63-year-old woman with a medical history of stage IIIb ovarian carcinoma was admitted to our hospital complaining of a mass in her right axilla. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy was performed. Cytological examination revealed a poorly differentiated carcinoma with immunocytochemical features consistent with metastatic ovarian carcinoma. This case illustrates a rare presentation of ovarian carcinoma and underlines the need to consider it in the differential diagnosis of axillary lesions. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2008. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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