Mediastinal metastasis from ovarian serous carcinoma 29 years after initial treatment.

Respir Med Case Rep

Center for Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, 3-1-1 Takeoka, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, 204-8585, Japan.

Published: January 2020

Ovarian cancer is a critically lethal gynecologic malignancy. More than 80% of patients with ovarian cancer have relapses within 5 years after initial treatment. However, recurrence from ovarian cancer more than 20 years later is extremely rare. We report a case of a 67-year-old female with mediastinal metastasis from ovarian cancer 29 years after initial gynecologic surgery and chemotherapy.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118409PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101003DOI Listing

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