To analyze the clinical and pathological features of uterine sarcomas treated at our referral medical center. The aim of the study is also to analyze their prognosis factors. We performed a retrospective analysis of 40 women with uterine sarcoma treated at the Obstetrics and Gynecology department -
This report describes a rare case of high-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) arising from pathologically confirmed endometriosis in the cul-de-sac. A 37-year-old woman presented with irregular menstruation, pelvic pain, and diarrhea. Magnetic resonance imaging and colon biopsy suggested
The lack of uniformity in the nomenclature of the uterine sarcomas, it have contributed to a variety and variability of classifications. Fortunately the sarcomas of uterus are rare. The incidence of this tumor is of 3-5% of all the uterine cancers or of 1.7/100,000 women of 20 years or more. The
Endometrial stromal sarcoma is a rare malignant uterine tumor. We report 4 cases of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma, corresponding to the form with a mitotic index at less than 10 mitoses per 10 high power fields (HPF), from which we carried out a review of the literature and defined the
Malignant SMARCB1/INI1-deficient extrarenal rhabdoid tumors are aggressive tumors that are extremely rare in adults. A 56-year-old male presented with the chief complaints of unilateral lower abdominal and pelvic pain. He underwent urgent surgical intervention and mass resection with tissue
Uterine sarcomas are rare gynaecologic tumours representing 3-7% of all uterine malignancies. The aetiology of sarcomas is still unclear: it is thought, that chromosomal translocations have influence on wide histological variety of sarcomas. Presenting symptoms are vague and
BACKGROUND
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare sarcoma which characteristically occurs in non genitourinary sites in children.
METHODS
We present a case of uterine embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in a postmenopausal patient who presented with increasing abdominal girth, early satiety, weight loss, and
OBJECTIVE
Local recurrence of pelvic cancer is a therapeutic challenge. The purpose of the study was to evaluate radiofrequency ablation (RFA, intra-operative or CT-guided) for the treatment of pelvic recurrence in patients not eligible for curative surgical resection.
METHODS
Charts of all patients
OBJECTIVE
The presenting symptoms of leiomyosarcoma (LMS) are the same as those of leiomyoma. The diagnosis of LMS is usually achieved retrospectively after pathological analysis of hysterectomy specimens. The aim of surgery in uterine sarcomas being resection without tumor morcellation, LMS poses
Uterine sarcomas are an uncommon and heterogeneous group of tumors that account for 3-7% of the malignant neoplasms of the uterus and approximately 1% of all malignant tumors of the female genital system. The main clinical manifestations are abnormal uterine bleeding in pre- or postmenopausal women.
Adamantinoma is a rare primary tumour of long bones containing mesenchymatous and epithelial cells. There has been some controversy over the pathogenesis. We observed a localization in the right tibia. A 22-year-old patient from Algeria was seen for spontaneous progressively increasing pain in the
Background: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is an exceedingly rare malignancy, accounting for around 5% of all patients with chondrosarcoma. It is a translocation-related sarcoma that tends to have both local and distant recurrences. Surgery
BACKGROUND
The extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (CME) is a rare tumor of the soft tissue, with clinically distinguishable clinical, histological, immunohistochemical, cytogenetic and evolutionary characteristics with an unfavorable long-term prognosis.
METHODS
We reported the case of a young
Forty-seven cases of mixed müllerian tumors of the uterus were analyzed clinically and pathologically. All patients but one were postmenopausal. Vaginal bleeding was the most frequent presenting symptom, followed by abdominal mass and pelvic pain. Long-term survival was found only in those cases in
Adenosarcoma of the uterus has two components: a benign epithelial proliferation and a stromal sarcoma. The purpose of this work was to report the clinical aspects and therapeutic modalities of an exceptional case of uterine adenosarcoma in a 15-year-old girl revealed by pelvic pain. Physical
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