Low-Grade Ovarian Serous Adenocarcinoma with Lymph Node Metastasis in Neck

Low-grade ovarian serous adenocarcinoma is rarely encountered in the neck region. The diagnosis of this rare malignancy entity in the neck is challenging for both clinicians and pathologists. A 53-year-old female with a chief complaint of a right lower neck mass that had been growing for approximately 2 weeks. The ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology favored malignancy. The positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan revealed the clustered enlarged lymph nodes with increased radioactivity uptake in the right neck level V, and strong radioactivity uptake was also displayed in the right ovarian regions. Pelvis magnetic resonance imaging displayed right adnexal complex mass supporting the ovarian cancer. An en bloc resection of the right neck lymph node was conducted. Ovarian serous adenocarcinoma with metastasis of lymph nodes in the neck was confirmed through histopathological findings. This study reviews the clinical features of low-grade ovarian serous carcinoma metastasizing to lymph nodes in neck. Although very rare, ovarian cancer with neck metastasis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a neck mass lesion. The clinical staging would be relatively high due to the quiet entity of the cancer.

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This study reported a rare case of low-grade ovarian serous adenocarcinoma metastasizing to lymph nodes in the neck region. The diagnosis was confirmed through ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology and imaging examinations. It highlights the importance of considering ovarian cancer as a differential diagnosis for neck masses.