A borderline ovarian tumor in inguinal canal: case report

Os sintomas do tumor ovariano sao inespecificos e uma forma rara de apresentacao e como conteudo de uma hernia inguinal. Relatamos o caso de uma paciente de 82 anos, com diagnostico de câncer de mama e lesao anexial hipoecoica a ecografia. A mesma foi submetida a cirurgia conservadora da mama e a laparotomia, com achado de lesao ovariana solido-cistica no interior do canal inguinal a direita. A analise por congelacao foi negativa para malignidade, e o exame anatomopatologico mostrou tratar-se de tumor ovariano borderline. The symptoms of ovarian tumor are not specific and a rare presentation of the tumor is as the content of an inguinal hernia. We reported a case of an 82-year-old woman, diagnosed with breast cancer and with a concomitant hypoecoic adnexal mass at the ecographic exam. The patient was treated with conservative breast surgery and laparotomy. A cystic-solid ovarian lesion was found inside the right inguinal canal. Frozen-section examination was negative for malignancy, and the anatomopathological analysis revealed a borderline ovarian tumor.