Metastatic Carcinoma to the Ovary


D efinition Ovarian spread from remote nongynecologic epithelial neoplasms.

Clinical Features

Epidemiology

  • Sixty to eighty percent of metastatic tumors are nonmüllerian, including stomach (6% to 14%); colon (7% to 12%); breast (9% to 32%); and rarely lung, biliary duct, ileum, and other sites (1% to 2% each).

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