Ovarian carcinoma producing hypoglycaemia.

Ovarian carcinoma producing hypoglycaemia.

Accepted 23 July 1997 A 26-year-old woman presented with six months of abdominal discomfort. At laparotomy a 40 x 40 cm omental tumour invading the stomach and involving the spleen was found with multiple tumour nodules over all the peritoneal surface. Both ovaries were enlarged and a total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy and debulking procedure was undertak...

Tumours producing hypoglycaemia.

Cushing's syndrome due to an ACTH-producing primary ovarian carcinoma.

Although Cushing's syndrome has been described in association with various neuroendocrine tumors producing ectopic adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), primary ovarian carcinoma rarely causes this syndrome. We hereby report the case of a 61-year-old woman presented with abdominal distension, facial swelling and skin pigmentation. Clinical and diagnostic evaluation revealed a right ovarian tumor with hyp...

Zosteriform metastasis of ovarian carcinoma

Distant metastases are rare during the course of ovarian carcinoma. Ovarian epithelial adenocarcinomas rarely metastasize to the skin which is seen in less than 4% of patients. It usually presents as subcutaneous nodules and, less commonly, as inflammatory metastases which mimic cellulitis or viral or bacterial skin infections. The histology in most of the tumours is grade 1 or 2 serous p...

Breast Metastasis of Ovarian Carcinoma

Breast metastasis of ovarian carcinoma is rare. To date, only 39 cases have been reported in the English-language  literature  so  far.  We  are  herewith  reporting  a  primary  ovarian  papillary  serous  cyst adenocarcinoma metastasing to breast and epsilateral supraclavicular node in a 58 year old female as the first case in our centre, located at North-East India.  The purpose of reporting...