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A national population-based study provides insight in the origin of malignancies metastatic to the ovary Jolien Bruls, Michiel Simons,
Introduction
Malignancies metastatic to the ovary are estimated to account for 5–30 % of all ovarian malignancies [1–8]. These most commonly originate from the colorectum, followed by endometrium, stomach, appendix, and breast [1, 2, 6–9]. Differentiating between a primary and metastatic malignancy of the ovaries can be complex as many metastatic carcinomas mimic primary ovarian carcinomas [9]. Mucinous ovarian carcinomas (MOC) are notoriously difficult to distinguish from metastatic adenocarcinomas, and as a consequence, the latter are often misdiagnosed as primary tumors [10–13].....
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