Table 1 Literature review of previously reported cases of metastatic ovarian carcinoma to axillary lymph nodes
From: Axillary nodal metastasis in ovarian cancer: a report of three cases and review of literature
Author/year | No. of cases | Age | Presentation | Pathological type | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hockstein 1997 [15] | 1 | 78 | Synchronous | Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma | Platinum-based chemotherapy |
Orris 1999 [16] | 1 | 63 | Recurrence | Not available | Axillary dissection |
Recine 2004 [12] | 6 | 21-67 | 2 synchronous/4 recurrence | Serous | Chemotherapy |
Ozmen 2007 [17] | 2 | 74/38 | Recurrence | Papillary serous | Surgery |
Legge 2008 [18] | 1 | Not available | Recurrence | Not available | Not available |
Skagias 2008 [10] | 1 | 63 | Recurrence | Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma | Not available |
Aydin 2008 [4] | 1 | 47 | Recurrence | Serous | Excision + chemotherapy |
Sughayer 2009 [19] | 1 | 63 | Synchronous + collision mets from breast cancer | Serous | Surgery |
Harrison 2010 [20] | 1 | 47 | Synchronous | Not available | Chemotherapy |
Demir 2012 [21] | 1 | 52 | Recurrence | Serous | Chemotherapy |
Goyal 2012 [3] | 1 | 68 | Recurrence | Serous | Excision |
Choi 2014 [22] | 1 | 68 | Synchronous | Serous | Interval debulking surgery |
Patel 2014 [23] | 1 | 50 | Recurrence | Serous | Not available |
Sibio 2014 [24] | 1 | 49 | Synchronous | Not available | Cytoreductive surgery |
Mason 2015 [6] | 1 | 58 | Synchronous | Serous | Chemotherapy |
Ilhan 2016 [13] | 6 | 50-80 | Synchronous | Serous | Interval debulking in 5 patients, chemotherapy only in one patient |
Eitan 2017 [25] | 2 | 51/70 | Synchronous | Serous | Interval debulking |