CT and MR imaging findings of bilateral ovarian metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: a case report

Abstract

Secondary ovarian involvement by renal cell carcinoma rarely occurs. Here, we describe the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of bilateral ovarian metastases from renal cell carcinoma that demonstrated heterogeneous strong contrast enhancing tumors with flow voids around and within the tumors. In addition, the apparent diffusion coefficients of the malignant tumors were high. These findings were similar to those of renal cell carcinomas at primary and other metastatic sites.

Imaging findings of ovarian metastasis of primary renal cell carcinoma: A case report and literature review

“…To the best of our knowledge, there are 28 previous publications with 39 cases, and the present case was the 40th case reported [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] . A summary of the cases is presented in Table 1 .…”

“… [1] reported that 0.2% of RCCs metastasized to the ovaries. Although there are 39 cases and some literature reviews about ovarian metastasis of RCC have been previously reported [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , to the best of our knowledge, no review has focused on the radiological features of ovarian metastasis of RCC. Herein, we reported a case of ovarian metastasis of RCC and a review of the literature demonstrating the radiological features of the tumor.…”