A case of the Krukenberg tumor is presented and the literature reviewed. This tumor is relatively
rare malignant disease of ovary, being almost always metastatic from the primary carcinoma
elsewhere, especially in any portion of gastrointestinal tract, most frequently pylorus, but not
unfrequently the colon, rectum, small intestine, gall bladder, hepatic ducts, breast, urinary bladder,
cervix, endometrium and Fallopian tubes. It may be spread by way of the peritoneal fluid, lymp
hatic or hematogenous. The primary Krukenberg tumor may be present, about twenty percent in
origin from teratoma, bilateral, solid, ovoid or kidney shaped. The surface is smooth, though often
nodular and varigated appearance with frequently are of gelatious consistency. The diagnosis is
dependent only on the histologic pattern, microscopically small nests or acini of epithelial cells are
distributed through out a fibrous or myomatous stroma and especially characteristic are "signet
Cells".
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