Bilateral ovarian metastases from pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor. A case report and literature review

Abstract

Pulmonary cancer is commonly associated with the development of distant metastases at the level of liver, bones, adrenal glands and even brain. However, in certain cases other metastatic sites might be encountered such as the ovaries; however, these situations have been rarely encountered. The aim of the current paper is to present the case of a 39 year old patient with previous history of pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor, submitted to palliative radio-chemotherapy who was diagnosed with two large ovarian tumors and high volume of ascites which impaired even more the respiratory function. The patient was submitted to hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy, the histopathological studies demonstrating the metastatic origin of the tumors.