Tumeur de Krukenberg: a propos de 9 observations [revue de la litterature]

ABSTRACT

The authors report a series of nine cases of Krukenberg's tumor, operated at university clinic of obsterio gynecology [pr. CHAOUI] during a period from 1977 to 1990. They underline the metastatic character of this tumor, whose primitive lesion is very often digestive. In most cases, the diagnosis is set late by histological study of the operatory piece, showing the revealing character of this tumor. All the authors agree upon the very dark prognostic of this tumor. They only hope of improvement lies in an extraction as soon as possible of the primitive tumor, followed by a radical treatment of the ovarian tumor. The contribution of complementary treatment is questionable; however, adjuvant chemotherapy keeps a positive efficacy, according to certain authors. The authors deplore one decease in keeping with a late diagnosis