Case report: A rare case of dysgerminoma presenting with skin and breast metastasis

Oguntayo O. Adekunle, Marliya Zayyan, Abimbola O. D. Kolawole, Saa’d Ahmed

Department of O & G, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Complex, Shika, Zaria;.
Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Complex, Shika, Zaria.

DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2013.22046                

Abstract

A 30 years old grandmultiparous woman presented with 6 month history of severe abdominal pain and 4 month history of progressive abdominal swelling associated with multiple swellings on her abdomen and her breasts. She had laparotomy two years earlier for a suspected fibroid. A repeat laparatomy discovered a huge left ovarian tumour; which are multilobulated and hard. She had Total Abdominal Hysterectomy and Salpingectomy with Lumpectomy on both breast. Histology report turned out as Dysgerminoma, breast, Subcutaneous Tissue and Skin Metastatic Dysgerminoma.

Keywords

Dysgerminoma; Metastasis; Subcutaneous and Breast

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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