Unusual Skin Metastasis in a Patient with Recurrent Micropapillary Serous Ovarian Carcinoma – A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Authors

  • Patriciu Achimaş-Cadariu
  • Cătălin Vlad
  • Bogdan Fetica
  • Armeana Zgaia
  • Calin Cainap

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15386/cjmed-438

Keywords:

ovarian cancer, skin metastasis, chemotherapy

Abstract

The presence of skin metastasis in ovarian cancer patients is uncommon and related with poor prognosis. We report a 49-year-old patient with recurrent ovarian cancer presented with extensive skin metastasis on the anterior chest (including bilateral breast skin), lower abdomen, vulva and the upper part of the lower limbs at 21 months after initial diagnosis of ovarian cancer. The skin biopsy revealed metastasis of adenocarcinoma in the dermis. The patient underwent  palliative chemotherapy and she died after 2 months of the diagnosis of the skin metastasis. It is the first case of skin metastasis from a micropapillary serous ovarian carcinoma published in Romania.

Author Biographies

Patriciu Achimaş-Cadariu, Institutul Oncologic "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta" Cluj-Napoca UMF "Iuliu Hatieganu" Cluj-Napoca

Chirurgie si Ginecologie Oncologica

Cătălin Vlad, Institutul Oncologic "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta" Cluj-Napoca UMF "Iuliu Hatieganu" Cluj-Napoca

Chirurgie si Ginecologie Oncologica

Bogdan Fetica, Institutul Oncologic "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta" Cluj-Napoca

Anatomie Patologica

Armeana Zgaia, Institutul Oncologic "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta" Cluj-Napoca

Anestezie Terapie Intensiva

Calin Cainap, Institutul Oncologic "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta" Cluj-Napoca UMF "Iuliu Hatieganu" Cluj-Napoca

Oncologie

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Published

2015-04-29

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Achimaş-Cadariu P, Vlad C, Fetica B, Zgaia A, Cainap C. Unusual Skin Metastasis in a Patient with Recurrent Micropapillary Serous Ovarian Carcinoma – A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Med Pharm Rep [Internet]. 2015 Apr. 29 [cited 2025 Oct. 5];88(2):237-40. Available from: https://medpharmareports.com/index.php/mpr/article/view/438

Issue

Vol. 88 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Case Report

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