Papillary intraperitoneal neoplasia resembling ovarian carcinoma after removal of benign ovaries.

Ovarian cancer continues to be a major cause of death in women since there are no reliable screening methods and because symptoms usually do not appear until the disease has progressed to Stage III or IV, when the chances of cure are very poor. Prophylactic oophorectomy is being considered by some physicians for any woman undergoing hysterectomy after age 40-45. Even with the removal of benign ovaries, intraperitoneal carcinomatosis histologically resembling ovarian cancer can occur. This article describes a case of primary papillary intraperitoneal neoplasia resembling serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary which presented two years after removal of benign ovaries.