Extreme Case of Surgical Port Metastasis in Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer accounts for more deaths than any other malignancy of the female reproductive system. Early diagnosis of this disease is difficult because there are no systematic opportunistic screening methods. At advanced stages, diagnostic laparoscopy is the fi rst step in confi rming disease advancement and obtaining samples for genetic and pathologic examination needed to start chemotherapy. Swiftly starting oncological PERSPECTIVE treatment is crucial for increasing the survival rate in these Author sname s promo text here on pag XX patients. We present the case of a 51 -y e ar-old woman with metastatic International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIIC ovarian cancer who had delayed her therapy after initial laparoscopy due to COVID-19 infection and presented with an extreme case of surgical port metastasis.