Pathways of Metastases from Primary Organs to the Ovaries

Table 2

Clinicopathologic findings and prognoses of the patients with metastatic ovarian cancers originating from gastric and colorectal cancers.

Patient no.

Age

Origin

Histology

Regional lymph node metastasis

Ovarian lymphangio invasion

Ovarian vascular invasion

Peritoneal dissemination

Direct invasion

Lung or liver metastasis

Laterality

Time of treatment for ovarian metastasis

Prognosis

1

26

Stomach

Poorly differentiated

O

X

X

X

—

X

Bilateral

At the same time

After 1.5 years (dead)

2

35

Stomach

Signet

X

O

X

X

—

X

Bilateral

One year later

After 2.0 years (dead)

3

50

Stomach

Poorly differentiated

O

X

X

X

—

X

Right

At the same time

After 1.0 years(dead)

4

51

Stomach

Signet

O

O

X

O

—

X

Bilateral

At the same time

After 2.4 years (dead)

5

64

Stomach

Moderately differentiated

O

O

X

X

—

X

Left

2 years later

After 3.0 years (dead)

6

70

Stomach

Poorly differentiated

O

O

X

O

—

X

Bilateral

At the same time

After 1.5 years (dead)

7

72

Stomach

Moderately differentiated

X

X

X

X

—

X

Left

4 years later

After 7.0 years (dead)

8

51

Ascending colon

Well differentiated

O

X

X

O

X

X

Right

3 years later

After 4.0 years (dead)

9

62

Ascending colon

Moderately differentiated

O

X

O

X

X

Liver

Right

One year later

After 1.5 years (dead)

10

70

Transverse colon

Moderately differentiated

O

X

O

O

X

X

Right

1.5 years later

After 1.5 years(dead)

11

67

Sigmoid colon

Moderately differentiated

X

X

O

X

O

X

Left

One year later

After 4.0 years (dead)

12

48

Rectum

Moderately differentiated

O

X

O

X

X

X

Bilateral

At the same time

After 2.0 years (dead)

13

84

Rectum

Moderately differentiated

O

X

X

X

O

X

Left

At the same time

After one year (alive)

(patient no. 14–18 (gall duct, appendix, appendix, small intestine, uterine corpus) are omitted).