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Ovarian carcinoma is usually asymptomatic in early stage and over 70% of it initially diagnose advanced stage due to diffuse intraabdominal disease. Presenting symptoms and signs often relate to the degree of intraabdominal spread. The most common presenting symptoms and sign include abdominal pain, distension and palpable pelvic mass. The enlarged finding of isolated, distant lymph node without intraabdominal symptom and sign is vary rare. We experienced a patient who initially diagnosed enlarged axillary lymph node from ovarian carcinoma. We report this case with a brief review of literature.
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Humans , Abdominal Pain , Lymph NodesABSTRACT
Pregnancy associated breast cancer is defined as breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy or in the 12 months postpartum. The incidence is one of the most common carcinomas and approximately 1 in 3,000 pregnancies in the United States. Pregnant women are at a higher risk of presenting with more advanced disease than nonpregnant women since small lumps cannot be easily detected due to the natural tenderness and engorgement of the breasts during pregnancy and lactation. Average diagnosis delays of 5 to 7 months are reported. The prognosis is thought not to be significantly different from non-pregnancy associated breast cancer, except in cases where a delay in diagnosis is associated with more advanced disease. Therefore breast cancer is no evidence to implicate pregnancy or lactation in either the etiology and the progression. The strategies for therapeutic management of breast cancer associated pregnancy are mainly dependent on early diagnosis and the stage with gestational age. We experienced a patient who underwent a modified radical mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy due to rapid growing breast cancer in pregnant. We report this case with a brief review of literature.
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Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Breast Neoplasms , Breast , Chemotherapy, Adjuvant , Diagnosis , Early Diagnosis , Gestational Age , Incidence , Lactation , Mastectomy, Modified Radical , Postpartum Period , Pregnant Women , Prognosis , United StatesABSTRACT
The uterus is an unusual site for metastasis from an extrapelvic neoplasm. Metastasis of gastric cancer to the uterus is rare. We experienced a patient who underwent a gastrectomy and chemotherapy due to gastric cancer and who subsequently suffered a solitary metastatic adenocarcinoma of the uterus from the primary gastric cancer. Similar to Krukenberg tumors of the ovary, lymphatic dissemination is regarded as the route of metastasis from the stomach to the uterine. We report this case with a brief review of literature.
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Female , Humans , Adenocarcinoma , Drug Therapy , Gastrectomy , Krukenberg Tumor , Neoplasm Metastasis , Ovary , Stomach , Stomach Neoplasms , UterusABSTRACT
The uterus is an unusual site for metastasis from an extrapelvic neoplasm. Metastasis of gastric cancer to the uterus is rare. We experienced a patient who underwent a gastrectomy and chemotherapy due to gastric cancer and who subsequently suffered a solitary metastatic adenocarcinoma of the uterus from the primary gastric cancer. Similar to Krukenberg tumors of the ovary, lymphatic dissemination is regarded as the route of metastasis from the stomach to the uterine. We report this case with a brief review of literature.