Case report: Malignant teratoma of the uterine corpus
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Teratomas are the commonest germ cell tumours and are most frequently found in the testes and ovary. Extragonadal teratomas are rare and mainly occur in midline structures. Uterine teratomas are extremely rare with only a few previou...
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| author | Christmas Timothy Butler-Manuel Simon Papanikolaou Kyriakos Lindsay Iain Ameen Mohammed Gray Rebecca Poulter Daniel Newsom-Davis Thomas Townsend Peter Seckl Michael |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Teratomas are the commonest germ cell tumours and are most frequently found in the testes and ovary. Extragonadal teratomas are rare and mainly occur in midline structures. Uterine teratomas are extremely rare with only a few previous case reports, usually involving mature teratomas of the uterine cervix.</p> <p>Case Presentation</p> <p>We report an 82-year-old lady presenting with post-menopausal bleeding. Initial investigations revealed a benign teratoma of the uterus which was removed. Her symptoms persisted and a recurrent, now malignant, teratoma of the uterine corpus was resected at hysterectomy. Six months after surgery she relapsed with para-aortic lymphadenopathy and was treated with a taxane, etoposide and cisplatin-containing chemotherapy regimen followed by retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>In this report we discuss the aetiology, diagnosis and management of uterine teratomas, and review previous case studies.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-70a7c24d06684b3d86e149b5a951465d2022-12-22T03:26:13ZengBMCBMC Cancer1471-24072009-06-019119510.1186/1471-2407-9-195Case report: Malignant teratoma of the uterine corpusChristmas TimothyButler-Manuel SimonPapanikolaou KyriakosLindsay IainAmeen MohammedGray RebeccaPoulter DanielNewsom-Davis ThomasTownsend PeterSeckl Michael<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Teratomas are the commonest germ cell tumours and are most frequently found in the testes and ovary. Extragonadal teratomas are rare and mainly occur in midline structures. Uterine teratomas are extremely rare with only a few previous case reports, usually involving mature teratomas of the uterine cervix.</p> <p>Case Presentation</p> <p>We report an 82-year-old lady presenting with post-menopausal bleeding. Initial investigations revealed a benign teratoma of the uterus which was removed. Her symptoms persisted and a recurrent, now malignant, teratoma of the uterine corpus was resected at hysterectomy. Six months after surgery she relapsed with para-aortic lymphadenopathy and was treated with a taxane, etoposide and cisplatin-containing chemotherapy regimen followed by retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>In this report we discuss the aetiology, diagnosis and management of uterine teratomas, and review previous case studies.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/195 |
| spellingShingle | Christmas Timothy Butler-Manuel Simon Papanikolaou Kyriakos Lindsay Iain Ameen Mohammed Gray Rebecca Poulter Daniel Newsom-Davis Thomas Townsend Peter Seckl Michael Case report: Malignant teratoma of the uterine corpus BMC Cancer |
| title | Case report: Malignant teratoma of the uterine corpus |
| title_full | Case report: Malignant teratoma of the uterine corpus |
| title_fullStr | Case report: Malignant teratoma of the uterine corpus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case report: Malignant teratoma of the uterine corpus |
| title_short | Case report: Malignant teratoma of the uterine corpus |
| title_sort | case report malignant teratoma of the uterine corpus |
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