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Kru·ken·berg tumor

n :  a metastatic ovarian tumor of mucin-producing epithelial cells usu. derived from a primary gastrointestinal tumor
 
Kru•ken•berg, Friedrich Ernst (1871-1946),
German pathologist. Krukenberg published his original description of the Krukenberg tumor in 1896.
 
 

 
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