Peritonitis following rupture of metastatic malignant melanoma of the ovary

Peritonitis following rupture of metastatic malignant melanoma of the ovary

Metastatic cancer to the ovary is not a rare entity although sometimes the site of origin may remain undetected. Ovarian metastasis in patients dying of malignant melanoma is not uncommon in autopsy findings, but the clinical manifestation of this condition is extremely rare. In this report we prese...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gynecologic oncology 1977-09, Vol.5 (3), p.305-307
Hauptverfasser: Silveira, Eduardo, Palhares, Fortunato A.Badan, de Oliveira Filho, Juvenal Antunes, Alberti, Osvaldo, Alberti, Vânia Nosé, Silveira, Maria Isabel G.S.
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Female
Humans
Melanoma - complications
Melanoma - pathology
Neoplasm Metastasis
Ovarian Neoplasms - complications
Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology
Peritonitis - etiology
Rupture, Spontaneous
Skin Neoplasms - complications
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Zusammenfassung:Metastatic cancer to the ovary is not a rare entity although sometimes the site of origin may remain undetected. Ovarian metastasis in patients dying of malignant melanoma is not uncommon in autopsy findings, but the clinical manifestation of this condition is extremely rare. In this report we present a case of malignant melanoma of the skin metastatic to the ovary leading to a clinical picture of peritonitis.
ISSN:0090-8258
1095-6859
DOI:10.1016/0090-8258(77)90039-7