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Solitary axillary lymph nodal metastasis from primary ovarian cancer: an unusual presentation

  • I. Nazos1
  • M. Tolia2,*,
  • C. Sofoudis3
  • N. Tsoukalas4
  • V. Gougoutsi5
  • G. Vakis6
  • G. Kyrgias2

1Radiation Therapy Unit, 2nd Department of Radiology and University Hospital of Athens "ATTIKON", Haidari, Athens, Greece

2Department of Radiotherapy, University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Larissa, Greece

3Center for Control Disease and Prevention, Aegean College, Athens, Greece

4Oncology Clinic, 401 General Military Hospital, Athens, Greece

5Blood Transfusion and Hematology Department, "ATTIKON" University Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece

6Department of Plastic Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Athens, Greece

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo3725.2017 Vol.38,Issue 5,October 2017 pp.813-814

Published: 10 October 2017

*Corresponding Author(s): M. Tolia E-mail: mariatolia@med.uth.gr

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Abstract

Background: The most common sites of visceral metastases in ovarian cancer are the liver and lungs, whereas the most frequent sites of lymph nodal involvement are abdominal, para-aortic, mediastinal, and pelvic nodes. Peripheral isolated lymph node metastasis is extremely rare. Case Report: This case represents an ovarian cancer with large metastasis to the right axillary mass. A 79-year-old female presented with a palpable and visibly enlarged mass. A neck lymph nodal mass was found on the CT scan with biopsy showing metastatic carcinoma with morphology and immunophenotype of ovarian primary tumor. Conclusions: Axillary metastasis secondary to ovarian carcinoma is an infrequent clinical entity.

Keywords

Axilla; Lymph node metastasis; Ovarian cancer.

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I. Nazos, M. Tolia, C. Sofoudis, N. Tsoukalas, V. Gougoutsi, G. Vakis, G. Kyrgias. Solitary axillary lymph nodal metastasis from primary ovarian cancer: an unusual presentation. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2017; 38(5): 813-814. doi: 10.12892/ejgo3725.2017

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