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Primary peritoneal cancer presenting with widespread lymphadenopathy, radiologically mimicking lymphoma

  • Rosie Clare1
  • David Agbamu2
  • Radhakrishnan Jayan3
  • Eliyaz Ahmed1,2,*,

1The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Bebington, CH634JY Wirral, United Kingdom

2Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birkenhead, CH634JY Wirral, United Kingdom

3The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, L7 8XP Liverpool, United Kingdom

DOI: 10.31083/j.ejgo.2020.06.5356 Vol.41,Issue 6,December 2020 pp.1061-1064

Submitted: 31 August 2019 Accepted: 04 November 2019

Published: 15 December 2020

*Corresponding Author(s): Eliyaz Ahmed E-mail: e.ahmed@.nhs.net

Abstract

Primary peritoneal carcinoma (PPC) is a rare malignancy with clinical features and management similar to epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC). Lymph node involvement in EOC or PPC is commonly seen in the presence of advanced disease with peritoneal involvement and rarely a presenting symptom. We describe a rare case of PPC in a 74-year-old woman presenting with widespread lymphadenopathy, radiologically mimicking lymphoma without peritoneal involvement. To our knowledge this is the only case of PPC presenting with supraclavicular and widespread lymphadenopathy, in the absence of macroscopic disease. This case may represent a distinct clinical entity from the usual peritoneal dominant form of EOC or PPC and highlights important clinical and biological aspects of PPC.

Keywords

Primary peritoneal carcinoma; Epithelial ovarian carcinoma; Lymphadenopathy.


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Rosie Clare,David Agbamu,Radhakrishnan Jayan,Eliyaz Ahmed. Primary peritoneal cancer presenting with widespread lymphadenopathy, radiologically mimicking lymphoma. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2020. 41(6);1061-1064.

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