Gligorievski, Antonio (2018) Appearance of Krukenberg tumor from gastric carcinoma, ultrasound and computed tomography evaluation. Digestive Medicine Research, 1. p. 3. ISSN 26171627
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Abstract: The Krukenberg tumor is a rare malignant tumor of the ovary, accounting from 1% to 2%
of all ovarian tumors. It is usually a bilateral involvement of ovaries from the metastatic deposit from
adenocarcinoma of the stomach. We present a patient at the age of 45, who visited a doctor because of pain
in the stomach, nausea, and vomiting and weight loss of more than 20 kg. Clinical, biochemical, endoscopic,
pathohistological, radiological and imaging studies [ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT)] have
been performed. The radiological examination was performed using a noncontract and double-contrast
technique. The US examination was performed with a 3.75 MHz convex probe, using a standard overview
technique. CT was made after oral administration of 700 mL of water, i.v. application of a non-ionic contrast
agent of 90 mL in bolus, in hypotonia achieved by i.v. glucagon application, with a scanning width of 10 mm.
The radiological finding is in favor of diffuse neoplastic submucosal infiltration of the stomach wall in the
region of the corpus and antrum with expressed desmoplastic reaction (linitis plastica). CT findings confirm
the radiological findings of the stomach, clearly visualize metastases in the ovaries and peritoneum-ascites,
thus diagnosing the primary inoperable neoplastic stomach process—linitis plastica, with metastases in
the ovaries—Krukenberg tumor. A comparison of the obtained radiological and imaging results with the
endoscopic and pathohistological findings has been made. Krukenberg tumor is an ovarian metastasis of
digestive tract cancer. Radiological and especially imaging methods have high diagnostic value and accuracy.
Keywords: Signet ring cell gastric carcinoma; linitis plastica; Krukenberg tumor; ovarian mass; ultrasound and
computed tomography (US and CT)
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Antonio Gligorievski |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2021 11:08 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2021 11:08 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/27661 |
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