Supraclavicular metastases from ovarian cancer
Authors:   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bacalbasa Nicolae ,   “Dan Setlacec” Center of Visceral Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania,   Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Balescu Irina ,   Doctoral School, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Vilcu Mihaela ,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Ion Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Stoica Claudia ,   Department of Anatomy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, Ilfov County Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Massawi Tarig ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ilfov County Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Petrea Sorin ,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Doctoral School, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Martac Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania 10 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medic, Ciuvica Adriana ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology National Institute of Mother and Child Care “Alessandrescu-Rusescu”, Bucharest, Romania, Voichitoiu Andrei ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology National Institute of Mother and Child Care “Alessandrescu-Rusescu”, Bucharest, Romania, Brezean Iulian ,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Doctoral School, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Cauni Victor ,   Department of Urology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Gaspar Bogdan ,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Floreasca Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Published: September 2023

Ovarian cancer is recognized for the high capacity of spread which leads to the apparition of distant metastases via multiple pathways such as peritoneal, hematogenous or lymphatic route. If cases presenting peritoneal dissemination usually present extended but limited to the abdominal cavity lesions, patients with hematogenous or lymphatic spread will lead to the apparition of both intra-abdominal and extra-abdominal lesions. Even though, the presence of extra-abdominal lymphatic metastases is rather a rare event; however, contamination of extra-abdominal lymph nodes and is considered as distant metastasization and considered as stage IV of disease. The aim of the current paper is to review the cases presented so far with histopathological documented supraclavicular metastases originating from ovarian cancer.