Dear Editor, We present here a case report of＂Krukenberg tumor＂ in male. In 1896, Friedrich Krukenberg （1871 - 1946）, a German gynecologist and pathologist, described what he presumed as a new type of primary ova...Dear Editor, We present here a case report of＂Krukenberg tumor＂ in male. In 1896, Friedrich Krukenberg （1871 - 1946）, a German gynecologist and pathologist, described what he presumed as a new type of primary ovarian neoplasm. The true metastatic nature of this lesion was established 6 years later and termed as＂Krukenberg tumor＂？ Now, the term ＂Krukenberg tumor＂ has been used either as a broad definition to indicate all metastatic tumors to the ovaries or to describe just metastatic tumors from the gastrointestinal tract containing the typical signet ring cell with intracellular mucin.2-6 Our case, as an analog in male, has criteria to be called ＂Krukenberg tumor＂ in male.展开更多
文摘Dear Editor, We present here a case report of＂Krukenberg tumor＂ in male. In 1896, Friedrich Krukenberg （1871 - 1946）, a German gynecologist and pathologist, described what he presumed as a new type of primary ovarian neoplasm. The true metastatic nature of this lesion was established 6 years later and termed as＂Krukenberg tumor＂？ Now, the term ＂Krukenberg tumor＂ has been used either as a broad definition to indicate all metastatic tumors to the ovaries or to describe just metastatic tumors from the gastrointestinal tract containing the typical signet ring cell with intracellular mucin.2-6 Our case, as an analog in male, has criteria to be called ＂Krukenberg tumor＂ in male.
