INFILTRATIVE SUBCUTANEOUS METASTASES FROM OVARIAN-CARCINOMA AFTER PARACENTESIS - CT FINDINGS

Authors
LAFIANZA A DIMAGGIO EM PREDA L SCHIFINO MR CAMPANI R
Citation
A. Lafianza et al., INFILTRATIVE SUBCUTANEOUS METASTASES FROM OVARIAN-CARCINOMA AFTER PARACENTESIS - CT FINDINGS, Abdominal imaging, 22(5), 1997, pp. 522-523
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
522 - 523
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1997)22:5<522:ISMFOA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Implantation subcutaneous metastases from ovarian cancer are an uncomm on event in surgery, and diagnostic procedures such as laparoscopy, fi ne-needle biopsy, and intraperitoneal catheter access are usually used . Findings of tumor implantations are rarely reported with diagnostic imaging techniques. In this case, an infiltrative subcutaneous metasta sis appeared on computed tomography 4 months after paracentesis in a p atient with untreated ovarian cancer. Differential diagnostic problems are discussed.