FROM BACKPAIN TO PARAPLEGIA: A RARE PRIMARY PRESENTATION OF METASTATIC OVARIAN CANCER IN PREGNANCY

FİLİZ ÇAYAN, ARZU DORUK, ASLI KÖSEOĞLU, MUTLU ALIMLI, LEYLA CİNEL, SAFFET DİLEK

Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine - 2011;17(1):65-0

Mersin, Turkey

 

Vertebral metastasis from epithelial ovarian carcinoma is extremely rare and usually diagnosed at autopsy. We present here an unusual case of pregnant woman who developed paraplegy, due to thoracal vertebral metastasis and pathologic vertebral fracture of ovarian carcinoma.