Conservative surgery in a young patient with peritoneal psammocarcinoma

Psammocarcinoma is a rare epithelial neoplasm of the ovary and peritoneum. The reported management of patients with this tumor includes radical surger y and chemotherapy. We report the case of a young woman with metastatic psa mmocarcinoma treated with conservative surgery who is alive 6.5 years follo wing positive second-look laparotomy, (C) 1999 Academic Press.