Peritonectomía con quimioterapia intraperitoneal hipertérmica en el tratamiento del tumor de Krukenberg. A propósito de un caso clínico / Peritonectomy with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the treatment of Krukenberg tumor. A clinical case
These tumors are defined as metastatic ovarian adenocarcinomas of usually digestive origin. The few symptoms usually occurs when the disease is in advanced stages and, in most cases, with bilateral extension to both annexes. Krukenberg tumors frequently appear in young patients. Diagnosis is based on imaging tests and on the sensitivity of these tumors to specific immunoreactive markers, especially to those related to diseases of the digestive tract.