1/97. Multiple nodular metastases in mesenteric panniculitis by uterine papillary serous adenocarcinoma (UPSC): CT appearance of a case.Intra-abdominal panniculitis is a thickening of the mesentery of the small/large intestine due to infiltration of lipid-laden macrophages associated with a variable amount of fibrosis. This condition is rarely associated with malignant neoplasms. We report the computed tomography (CT) findings of a patient treated for uterine papillary serous adenocarcinoma (UPSC). She had mesenteric panniculitis where metastatic tumor nodules implanted. This was the only intraperitoneal recurrence. To our knowledge, no such finding has been reported in the gynecologic and radiologic literature to date. On CT images, the differential diagnosis is with cystic dilatations of mesenteric lymph vessels.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/97. Primary malignant schwannoma of the uterine cervix: a case report and literature review.Primary malignant schwannomas are a very rare neural sheath tumor. A case of primary epithelioid-type malignant schwannoma of the uterine cervix in a 65-year-old woman is presented. This tumor is the first epithelioid malignant schwannoma documented within gynecologic tissues. Only two other cases of primary malignant schwannoma of the uterine cervix have been reported, and these cases are reviewed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/97. Mullerian carcinofibroma of the uterus. A case report.BACKGROUND: Mullerian carcinofibroma is composed of malignant epithelial tumor (cancer) and benign mesenchymal tumors. It is the least frequent among mixed mullerian tumors. There are eight reported cases of carcinofibroma or cases showing similar histology, with only two of these cases recurrent. CASE: A case of mullerian carcinofibroma arose in the uterine body. The patient was an 83-year-old, postmenopausal female whose endometrial cytology revealed cell clusters of adenocarcinoma and scattered nonepithelial cells with enlarged nuclei without nuclear atypism or mitosis. histology of the resected uterus showed a mixture of well to poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, and fibromatous and leiomyomatous nonepithelial tumors without a transition between them. There was no sign of recurrence nine months after hysterectomy. CONCLUSION: Mullerian carcinofibroma seems to have a better prognosis than malignant mixed mullerian tumor. When both cancer cells and an abundance of nonepithelial cells are seen on gynecologic cytology, it may be important to consider mixed mullerian tumor and to differentiate mullerian carcinofibroma from malignant mixed Mullerian tumor by careful observation of the nuclear size, nucleoli, nuclear atypism and mitosis of the nonepithelial cells.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/97. Transcatheter uterine artery embolization for the management of symptomatic uterine leiomyomas.Transcatheter arterial embolization has been applied traditionally in obstetrics and gynecology for the emergency control of pelvic hemorrhage, usually after failure of conventional surgical measures. Pelvic trauma is the most common, nongynecologic etiology of uncontrollable pelvic hemorrhage requiring use of this hemostatic technique. Recently, elective transcatheter arterial embolization of uterine leiomyomas has been performed to decrease related symptomatology in an attempt to avoid surgical intervention. Our objective was to review current pertinent data regarding this new therapeutic modality. To this goal, all manuscripts published in the literature regarding this topic obtained from a medline search for 1966 through September 1998 were selected and reviewed. Additional sources were identified through cross-referencing. Currently, approximately 193 patients worldwide have been managed with this investigational procedure. Main indications include symptomatic uterine leiomyomata with menometrorrhagia, anemia, or pain. Success rates seem promising with a very low failure rate. This procedure results in significant (uterine and leiomyoma) volume reduction of between 20 and 80 percent. Postprocedural pain is common during the first day after the procedure, often requiring intravenous nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and narcotic analgesia. Rare complications include endometritis, pyometra, and uterine necrosis, which may require hysterectomy. Reported follow-up time ranges between 6 and 60 months. Implications on subsequent fertility have not been established. Although successful pregnancies subsequent to this procedure have been reported, because of the unknown long-term effect of this procedure on fertility or perinatal outcome, this technique should not be performed when future fertility is desired. This review suggests that although not currently accepted as standard of care, transcatheter embolization of the uterine arteries can be considered as a nonsurgical technique for the management of appropriately selected patients. TARGET AUDIENCE: Obstetricians & Gynecologists, family physicians learning OBJECTIVES: After completion of this article, the reader will be able to explain the current indications and contraindications of transcatheter uterine artery embolization of leiomyomas; to identify the various complications of the procedure and the type of embolic materials used; and to estimate the success rate of this procedure in the current literature.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/97. Small-bowel angiosarcoma after pelvic irradiation: a report of two cases.Angiosarcoma is a rare tumor in the small bowel. Several predisposing factors have been suggested, including external irradiation for another malignancy. Only six cases of small-bowel angiosarcoma in patients previously treated with pelvic irradiation for gynecological malignancies have been reported hitherto. We present here two patients in whom a diagnosis of small-bowel angiosarcoma was made 10 years or more after intrapelvic irradiation. These cases demonstrate poor prognosis in this disease. Although postirradiation angiosarcoma is a rare condition, its possibility should be kept in mind when operating on previously irradiated patients.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/97. Spontaneous uterine rupture in the early third trimester after laparoscopically assisted myomectomy. A case report.BACKGROUND: The development of new and innovative laparoscopic instruments has allowed a greater number of gynecologic surgeons to laparoscopically remove large, intramural leiomyomata. Cases of both successful pregnancy and uterine rupture following laparoscopic myomectomy have been reported. This is the first report of uterine rupture in pregnancy following a laparoscopically assisted myomectomy. CASE: A 26-year-old, nulligravid woman underwent a laparoscopically assisted myomectomy. While the myomectomy had been performed laparoscopically, the uterine incision had been repaired in layers through a minilaparotomy incision. Two years later she became pregnant and, at 29 weeks' gestation, presented to labor and delivery with contractions and uterine tenderness. Over the next several hours, a nonreassuring fetal heart rate developed, and a cesarean section was performed, revealing hemoperitoneum and uterine rupture at the site of the prior myomectomy. CONCLUSION: The ultimate integrity of a uterine incision may depend not only on how the incision is repaired but also on how it is made. Laparoscopically created uterine incisions may not be as strong as those made at laparotomy, regardless of the method of closure.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/97. A case of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with a hydatidiform mole.We treated a 54-year-old woman who was suffering from membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with a complete type of hydatidiform mole. The renal manifestations were proteinuria and hematuria. A renal biopsy, performed before gynecologic management, disclosed focal and segmental subendothelial deposits with a proliferation of the mesangial cell and showed irregularly thickened capillary loops by light and electronmicroscoy. Genralized edema, proteinuria and hematuria were completely recovered by suction and curettage of the hydatidiform mole with prophylactic chemotherapy. The clinical manifestation of earlier presented 3 cases have been the nephrotic syndrome. The common feature of them was a complete remission of the nephropathy after the removal of the hydatidiform mole. The relationship between the hydatidiform mole and glomerulonephritis remains unresolved at present. But we concluded that the hydatidiform mole might be a cause of glomerulonephritis in this case.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/97. urinary tract injuries during advanced gynecologic laparoscopy.urinary tract injuries are important complications of laparoscopic surgery. The intraoperative diagnosis may be delayed, resulting in severe clinical complications, such as fistulas, in the immediate and late postoperative periods. A review of 776 endoscopic procedures revealed 6 urinary tract injuries and postoperative complications during laparoscopy. We believe that surgical experience, intraoperative diagnosis, immediate repair of the lesion, and close follow-up are the main factors contributing to decreased morbidity associated with these injuries.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 4keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/97. Coexistent choriocarcinoma and malignant mixed mesodermal tumor of the uterus.OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to report a case of coexisting uterine choriocarcinoma and uterine malignant mixed mesodermal tumor (MMMT). The relevant literature is reviewed and possible pathogenesis discussed. methods: The clinical course and histopathology of the case were reviewed and a medline literature search for other cases was performed. RESULTS: The patient's uterine tumor contained syncytiotrophoblastic and cytotrophoblastic cells that stained positively for the beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotrophin consistent with uterine choriocarcinoma. pathology also revealed a second distinct neoplasm composed of adenocarcinoma admixed with sarcoma, compatible with a uterine MMMT. The patient experienced metastatic choriocarcinoma to her lungs, lymph nodes, and brain. She suffered a complicated clinical course and died 7 months after her initial diagnosis. The literature search revealed that various gynecologic and nongynecologic carcinomas with trophoblastic differentiation have been described, but an association with uterine MMMT has not been previously reported. CONCLUSIONS: Trophoblastic differentiation and choriocarcinoma associated with gynecologic and nongynecologic tumors is rare. We document the presence of uterine MMMT coexisting with uterine choriocarcinoma that followed an aggressive clinical course and review the possible pathogenesis of this lesion.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 4keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/97. adenosarcoma of the uterine body in a 19-year-old woman--three year survival: case report.BACKGROUND: Uterine adenosarcoma is a rarely by occurring tumor. It is composed of a benign adenoid structure and a sarcomatous stromal component. The average age of patients with a diagnosis of uterine adenosarcoma is about 70 years. CASE: We present a case of a 19-year-old woman with a rarely occurring uterine adenosarcoma manifesting itself by irregular bleeding and producing fragile polypous matter which was spreading into the vagina. The final diagnosis was made only by repeated biopsies. Abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, appendectomy and revision of iliac lymph nodes were performed. Teleradiotherapy was applied from 4 fields in 25 fractions to a total exposure of 50 Gy. It was followed by six cycles of chemotherapy containing 50 mg/m2 doxorubicin and 5 g/m2 ifosfamid administered in 21-day dose intervals. CONCLUSION: This case should demonstrate the difficulty of making the right diagnosis. Since the end of therapy the patient has been regularly seen in our onco-gynecologic department. Now, 40 months after the end of chemotherapy and 46 months after making the diagnosis, there are no signs of relapse.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gynecologic (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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