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Krukenberg's tumor [1 record]

Record 1 2012-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • The Genitals
DEF

A special type of carcinoma of the ovary, usually metastatic from cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, especially of the stomach.

OBS

It is characterized by areas of mucoid degeneration and the presence of signet-ring-like cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Organes génitaux
DEF

Tumeur de l'ovaire, métastase d'un carcinome digestif ordinairement gastrique.

CONT

La métastase diffuse ou tumeur de Krukenberg, est bilatérale dans 80 % des cas. [...] Elle comprend en principe, des cellules mucipares en bague à chaton infiltrant isolément ou en petits amas, un stroma ovarien hyperplasié et sarcomatoïde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
  • Órganos genitales
DEF

Tumor maligno que se origina en el estómago y se extiende a los ovarios.

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