[Krükenberg tumors of breast origin. 10 cases].

OBJECTIVE

To assess the characteristic features of ovarian carcinoma mucocellular secondary to breast cancer.

METHODS

A retrospective pathology evaluation of ovariectomy specimens was conducted to compare the histological types with the original pathology diagnosis of breast cancer.

RESULTS

Ten cases of ovarian carcinoma mucocellular were observed. Histologically, the ovarian stroma presented voluminous mucin-containing vacuoles in epitheliomatous cells with peripheralized nuclei. In 7 out of 10 cases, the primary breast cancer was invasive lobular carcinoma.

DISCUSSION

These pathology findings are in agreement with comparative studies on the metastatic behavior of different histological types of breast cancer: invasive lobular carcinoma differs from invasive ductal carcinoma by its tropism for gastrointestinal and internal genital organs.