A case report of rare synchronous primary cancer in genital tract of middle aged female: Synchronous primary endometrial adenocarcinoma and serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma of ovary
| Autor: | Afra Samad, Arbaz Samad, Madiha Syed |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | The Professional Medical Journal. 27:437-441 |
| ISSN: | 2071-7733 1024-8919 |
| Popis: | Synchronous cancers are defined as two or more histologically distinct malignancies arising in the same site, following each other in a sequence of < 2 months. Synchronous primary cancers are rare in general population and account for only 0.5-1.7% of gynaecological malignancies.1,2 It is important to distinguish synchronous primary tumors from metastatic malignancies.3 Case Report: We report a case of 55 years old female with history of pain in abdomen for the last one year. Surgical intervention was planned after complete work up. Hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and omentectomy was done. Histopathological examination reported the presence of synchronous endometrial adenocarcinoma well differentiated and malignant ovarian tumor low grade serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma. Conclusion: Though a rare presentation synchronous primary endometrial and ovarian cancers, usually identified at early stage and have a good prognosis. |
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