Title: Case Report-Unilateral Ovarian Metastatic Mucinous Cystadeno Carcinoma
Authors: T. Arivazhagan, U. Manohar, B. Krishnaswamy, P. Viswanathan, R. Ramesh
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i10.56
Abstract
Malignant epithelial ovarian tumours are most common in the adult age groups and rare in the childhood. Here with a case of mucinous cystadeno carcinoma of right ovary in a 31 year old lady presented with complaints of abdominal distension, following a disease free interval of 5 years from a colorectal adenocarcinoma is being described. The immunohistochemistry showed CK 20 positivity.
Keywords: Unilateral Ovarian tumors, mucinous tumors of ovary, ovarian cyst, CK 20 positivity.
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