Uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumors in a patient using tamoxifen: report of a case and review of literature

Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006 Jul-Aug;16(4):1694-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00647.x.

Abstract

Increasing number of uterine malignancies have been reported in breast cancer patients using tamoxifen. Most of these are endometrial adenocarcinomas. However, only a few cases of endometrial stromal sarcomas have been reported to be linked with tamoxifen usage. A 58-year-old postmenopausal women who had been using tamoxifen for 4 years after a surgery for breast cancer is presented with chronic pelvic pain. Preoperative investigations were indicative of a uterine myoma so that a standard total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy were performed. Postoperative histologic diagnosis was a uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumors, which is an exceedingly rare entity itself. The present case is the first designated diagnosis of this rare tumor, with a possible association of tamoxifen usage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / adverse effects*
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Middle Aged
  • Ovariectomy
  • Postmenopause
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / chemically induced
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / diagnosis*
  • Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / surgery
  • Tamoxifen / adverse effects*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / chemically induced
  • Uterine Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
  • Tamoxifen