Isolated axillary lymph node metastasis from serous ovarian cancer.

Case Rep Oncol Med

Department of Internal Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, 374, Stockholm Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA.

Published: November 2012

A 68-year-old female with past medical history of stage IIIc serous ovarian cancer after cytoreductive surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy came to clinic for regular follow-up visit. Physical examination was completely normal except for an isolated left axillary lymph node enlargement. Patient's abdominal sonogram and CT scan of abdomen and pelvis did not show any other new metastasis. Surgical excisional biopsy of the lymph node was performed and pathology revealed features of metastatic serous ovarian carcinoma.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3488389PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/307567DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

lymph node
12
serous ovarian
12
axillary lymph
8
ovarian cancer
8
isolated axillary
4
node metastasis
4
metastasis serous
4
cancer 68-year-old
4
68-year-old female
4
female medical
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!