Ovarian Carcinoma with Gastric and Duodenal Metastases - Assessment of the Lesions

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Involvement of the stomach by blood-borne metastatic malignancy in relatively uncommon. The primary neoplasms which most frequently metastasize to the stomach via the blood are malign melanoma and carcinoma of the breast. Secondary neoplastic involvement of the stomach is most commonly the result of commonly the direct spread from a contiguous neoplasm such as carcinoma of the pancreas or non-contiguous tumor such as carcinoma of the transverse colon which may spread to the stomach via the gastrocolic ligament. Gastric metastasis from breast cancer is uncommon and typically occurs in patients with disseminated disease. The vast majority of patients with gastric lesions have a known preexisting diagnosis of breast cancer. Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is defined as the histological diagnosis of metastasis without the detection of a primary tumor.

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