Plastic Linitis with bilateral Krukenberg´s tumor (6 of 13)
Case description
The other ovary was infiltrated.
Associated persons:
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg.
Description: A malignant tumor of the ovary, usually
bilateral, with fibromyxomatous stroma and
scattered mucin secreting signet cells. Typically, the tumor
is a large, greyish white, solid lesion. The primary tumor
usually found in the ventricle. By Krukenberg termed
fibrosarcoma ovarii mucocellulare carcinomatodes, but they
are now known to be most frequently secondary to
malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract. Occur in elderly
women.
Associated persons:
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg.
Description: A malignant tumor of the ovary, usually
bilateral, with fibromyxomatous stroma and
scattered mucin secreting signet cells. Typically, the tumor
is a large, greyish white, solid lesion. The primary tumor
usually found in the ventricle. By Krukenberg termed
fibrosarcoma ovarii mucocellulare carcinomatodes, but they
are now known to be most frequently secondary to
malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract. Occur in elderly
women.
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