Krukenberg Tumor: Case Report of Metastase Ovarian Simulanting Pregnancy

Paulino I, Es-Sebbani C, Kessi E, Rabileh YM, Omar A, Vladimir A, Angelo JB and Ramdani HP

Published on: 2023-06-26

Abstract

German physicist freiddrich ernst krukenberg (1871-1946), was the first to describe five cases of krukenberg tumor in 1896. (1) (4). It is a rare ovarian tumor, accounting for 1-2% of all malignant ovarian tumor. Usually, blateral with a doublé cystic and tissue component, the fheshy portion is larger for metastases of gastric and ilio-biliary origin and cystic for primiry colonic. The TDM abdomino-pelvic allow the diagnosis of a tumeur of krukenberg. We describe a case of a 29-year-old woman, multiparons, operated 4 years ago for a colon tumor, presenting with ovarian lesions.