[Case contribution on ovarian carcinoma in monovular twins]

Zentralbl Gynakol. 1976;98(7):418-20.
[Article in German]

Abstract

There is a report of a case of a bilateral ovarian cancer in a 51-years old woman whose monocygotic twin sister had died of the same carcinoma one year before. In both cases it was partly a solid partly an adenocarcinoma of the ovaries. According to general statistics of carcinoma here it is an accidental event. Developmental aspects allow us to think of a common genetic disposition. The question is whether in case of a carcinoma of the ovaries in a monocygotic twin the adnectomia in the twin sister should be done.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / genetics*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Diseases in Twins*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery