Endometrial cancer of the uterus in a patient with spinal cord injury.

نویسندگان

  • Takashi Yamada
  • Hajime Kasamatsu
  • Hiroshi Mori
چکیده

Spinal cord injury occurs predominantly in males, and endometrial cancer in a patient with spinal cord injury is very rare. A 71-year-old woman, gravida 7, para 4, who had incomplete quadriplegia due to a spinal cord injury, was admitted with a complaint of genital bleeding. Biopsies of the cervix and the endometrium revealed endometrioid adenocarcinoma. Total abdominal hysterectomy was performed under general anesthesia. Pathohistological analysis revealed endometrial adenocarcinoma (G1) with squamous metaplasia and International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) surgical stage 2b. Local recurrence was not obvious after the surgery. However, lung metastasis appeared on postoperative day 225, and she died from dyspnea on day 277. Uterine cancer screening is more necessary in long-term bedridden women.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine

دوره 200 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003