Abdominal aortic resection and Y-graft placement to achieve complete cytoreduction in stage IIIc ovarian carcinoma.

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Major vascular resection with reconstruction in patients with gynecologic malignancy is rarely performed and infrequently reported. CASE A 40-year-old woman undergoing surgery for stage IIIc ovarian papillary serous adenocarcinoma was left with a 7-cm aortic metastasis not separable from the infrarenal abdominal aorta. An aortic resection with prosthetic graft placement was performed to achieve complete tumor resection. She remains disease-free in excess of 10 years with no evidence of graft complication. CONCLUSION: Major vascular reconstructive procedures for the management of malignancy need not be precluded in properly selected circumstances.