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ABDOMINAL-PELVIC MASS REVEALING A KRUKENBERG TUMOUR: A CASE REPPORT

Journal: International Journal of Advanced Research (Vol.10, No. 07)

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Page : 784-787

Keywords : Krukenbergtumour Abdominopelvic Mass Ovarian Mass;

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Abstract

Krukenbergtumors are ovarian metastases from non-gynecological, mainly gastrointestinal cancers, such as gastric and colorectal cancers. They are very rare with a stillpoorlyelucidatedetio-pathogenesis(1). Previousretrospectivestudies have suggestedthatKrukenbergtumors are associatedwithapoor prognosis compared to metastaticdiseaseatother sites resultingfrom the sameprimarydisease(2).We report here the observation of a patient whoconsulted for an abdominopelvic mass withoutothersymptomsrevealing a Krukenbergtumortreatedat the Mohamed 6 center for onco-gynecology.

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