[2 rare cases of a presentation of endometrial cancer]

Rev Chil Obstet Ginecol. 1992;57(5):351-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Two cases of endometrial carcinoma with an atypical presentation are analyzed. The first case was formerly submitted to pelvic irradiation because a cervical carcinoma, and the second case to a long-term tamoxifen co-adjuvant therapy on account of a breast carcinoma. The risk for seconds primaries carcinomas and the eventual association of pelvic radiation and tamoxifen therapy with a subsequent endometrial carcinoma are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adnexa Uteri / surgery
  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / therapy
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery