TY - JOUR
T1 - Left inguinal adenopathy two years after cytoreductive surgery
T2 - A rare sign of recurrence
AU - Mirrakhimov, Aibek E.
AU - Nwankwo, Nwabundo
AU - Barbaryan, Aram
AU - Saba, Raya
AU - Ali, Alaa M.
AU - Kwatra, Shawn G.
AU - Hussain, Nasir
AU - Senussi, Mourad H.
AU - Velasquez Kho, Erwin
AU - Gilman, Alan D.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecological cancer in the Western world. Despite a good response to treatment, most patients with ovarian cancer will relapse. The abdominal, pelvic, and retroperitoneal cavities represent the most common sites of ovarian cancer recurrence, with inguinal lymph node involvement rarely reported. Herein we report the case of a 48-year-old Caucasian female who underwent successful surgical and chemotherapy treatment for ovarian epithelial cancer. Two years later, the patient was found to have painless left inguinal adenopathy, which was subsequently found to be metastatic ovarian cancer. CA-125 levels were elevated despite the lack of any foci of metabolically active tissue on imaging. Inguinal lymph node involvement is a rare sign of ovarian cancer. Despite that, it is essential to consider ovarian cancer in the differential diagnosis for inguinal lymphadenopathy in a female patient.
AB - Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecological cancer in the Western world. Despite a good response to treatment, most patients with ovarian cancer will relapse. The abdominal, pelvic, and retroperitoneal cavities represent the most common sites of ovarian cancer recurrence, with inguinal lymph node involvement rarely reported. Herein we report the case of a 48-year-old Caucasian female who underwent successful surgical and chemotherapy treatment for ovarian epithelial cancer. Two years later, the patient was found to have painless left inguinal adenopathy, which was subsequently found to be metastatic ovarian cancer. CA-125 levels were elevated despite the lack of any foci of metabolically active tissue on imaging. Inguinal lymph node involvement is a rare sign of ovarian cancer. Despite that, it is essential to consider ovarian cancer in the differential diagnosis for inguinal lymphadenopathy in a female patient.
KW - Inguinal lymph node metastasis
KW - Ovarian cancer
KW - Recurrence
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U2 - 10.1159/000346615
DO - 10.1159/000346615
M3 - Article
C2 - 23467332
AN - SCOPUS:84877960598
SN - 1662-6575
VL - 6
SP - 31
EP - 35
JO - Case Reports in Oncology
JF - Case Reports in Oncology
IS - 1
ER -