Soonchunhyang Med Sci.  2015 Dec;21(2):201-204. 10.0000/sms.2015.21.2.201.

Late Recurrence of Ovarian Cancer Mimicking a Primary Lung Malignancy after Curative Resection

• Lee YC
• Jeon SY
• Park SY
• Choe YH
• Lee YC
• Kim SR

• KMID: 2317790
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/sms.2015.21.2.201

Abstract

The majority of patients with an advanced-stage ovarian cancer relapse within approximately 18 months after completion of the first-line therapy. Recurrent ovarian cancer commonly presents as peritoneal seeding, while other distant sites are anywhere including the pleura, liver, lung, central nervous system, spleen, skin, bone, and breast. As pulmonary metastases usually occur through hematogenous or lymphangitic routes, the pattern of the metastases of ovarian cancer is multiple and scattered diffusely. The solitary pulmonary metastasis of ovarian cancer is an extremely rare condition, thus it can be misdiagnosed as a primary lung cancer, unless physician has a clinical suspicion. Herein, we introduce a case of solitary pulmonary metastasis of ovarian cancer which occurred 9 years after the curative surgery and chemotherapy.

Keyword

Recurrence; Ovarian neoplasms; Metastatic; Thoracic surgical procedure

MeSH Terms

Breast
Central Nervous System
Drug Therapy
Humans
Liver
Lung Neoplasms
Lung*
Neoplasm Metastasis
Ovarian Neoplasms*
Pleura
Recurrence*
Skin
Spleen
Thoracic Surgical Procedures