Ovarian Cancer Initially Presenting as Intramammary Metastases and Mimicking a Primary Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Abstract

Surgeons should be aware that ovarian cancer may rarely metastasize to intramammary and axillary nodes, mimicking a primary breast carcinoma.

Rectal lymph node metastasis in recurrent ovarian carcinoma: essential role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in treatment planning

“…Other authors have reported the role of 18 F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of inguinal lymph node metastases from ovarian carcinoma [8,9]. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing the value of 18 F-FDG PET/CT in detecting rectal lymph node metastasis and in treatment planning for recurrent ovarian carcinoma.…”

“…Ovarian cancer cells frequently spread to regional lymph nodes such as the iliac and para-aortic nodes [3]. Uncommonly, these cells may also spread to the rectal [4-7], inguinal [8], and intramammary [9] lymph nodes. However, few reports have described how to detect and treat such metastases [10].…”

Surgical management of ovarian carcinoma metastatic to the breast and axilla: A role for metastasectomy?

“…This was also surgically resected. The patient was alive without evidence of disease 20 months later .…”

Ovarian cancer metastases to internal mammary nodes

“…The earliest report of ovarian cancer metastasis to an IMN involved a 30‐year‐old woman with a stage I mucinous tumor (see Table ) . Since that report in 2000, eight articles have been published involving 23 additional women . Demographic, medical, and treatment characteristics of these women are summarized in Table to aid in comparing those cases to the one reported herein.…”