CASE REPORT   

Gazzetta Medica Italiana - Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 2021 December;180(12):867-9

DOI: 10.23736/S0393-3660.19.04298-0

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language: English

Metastasis of malignant melanoma in ovarium simulating primary ovarian cancer: a case report

Pavel DOBREV ¹, Strahil STRASHILOV ², Angel D. YORDANOV ³ ✉

¹ Complex Oncological Center, Burgas, Bulgaria; ² Department of Plastic Restorative, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Medical University Pleven, Pleven, Bulgaria; ³ Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Dr. Georgi Stranski University Hospital, Medical University Pleven, Pleven, Bulgaria

The primary epithelial ovarian cancer is in the first place as a cause of lethal outcome from gynecological malignant diseases; however, approximately 10% of all ovarian tumors are metastatic from extraovarian malignancies. The primary malignant melanoma of the ovaries is very rare but like metastatic disease it affects gonads in almost 20%. We present a case of metastatic malignant melanoma which was accepted for primary ovarian cancer performed with radical surgery. The case we report can be considered as a therapeutic mistake.

KEY WORDS: Melanoma; Ovarian neoplasms; Neoplasm metastasis; Therapy