Endometrial adenocarcinoma (EC) usually occurs after menopause, whereas in 2-14% of cases, it occurs in young patients (less than 40 years old) who may desire to keep their fertility. It is of importance to evaluate women for EC when they develop polycystic ovarian syndrome and abnormal uterine bleeding. Its treatment includes hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and pelvic lymphadenec...

Granulosa cell tumor, a sex cord stromal estrogen secreting tumor presents with vaginal bleeding and is seen in all ages. It accounts for <5% of ovarian neoplasm. We reported rare case granulosa postmenopausal woman undergoing staging laparotomy total abdominal hysterectomy bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy malignant which was complicated by torsion, rupture hemorrhagic ascitis. Any should aro...

Case A 28 year old unmarried woman underwent a unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and was suspected of having a malignant tumor in the remaining ovary. After consultation with the patient and her family, it was decided to cryopreserve the unfertilized oocytes. In order to reduce the risk of puncturing or rupturing the tumor when performing the oocyte retrieval from the ovary that was affected by ...

UNLABELLED In this study, we describe morphological and immunohistochemical features of a mixed tumor (atypical leiomyoadenomatoid tumor - LMAT) localized in the body of the uterus. AIM OF STUDY LMAT-type tumors are very rare and only 5 cases have been described in the literature so far therefore this case report seems particularly noteworthy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 57-year-old patient was...

Mature cystic teratomas constitute 10-20% of all ovarian neoplasms. Malignant transformation is very rare occurring in only 0.1-2% of mature teratoma cases. Malignant melanoma is among the least common transformations. Herein, we describe a case of young woman initially undergoing evaluation for infertility who was found to have malignant melanoma arising in a mature dermoid cyst. She subsequen...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare perioperative results of laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) with those of laparoscopic total hysterectomy (TLH). METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Department of Gynecology at a teaching hospital. A group of 157 patients who underwent TLH was compared with a group of 157 patients who underwent LSH with or withou...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to estimate the effects of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) at the time of hysterectomy and estrogen therapy on vaginal prolapse. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the Women's Health Initiative estrogen-alone trial was performed. Women who retained their ovaries were compared with women who had BSO at the time of hysterectomy for the presence of cystocele or r...

OBJECTIVE To compare risk factors, treatment, and outcomes in patients with stage I/II mucinous endometrial cancer (MEC) relative to those of patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer (EEC). STUDY DESIGN We conducted a case-control study of patients with MEC and EEC. Patients with stage IA, IB, or II MEC treated at the 2 institutions between 01/01/1996 and 01/01/2007 were identified. Each...

As clinical features in struma ovarii patients in the absence of thyrotoxicosis are generally non-specific and resemble ovarian malignancy, preoperative radiological diagnosis becomes all the more relevant in order to avoid ovarian cancer type surgery (including bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, hysterectomy, omentectomy and occasionally appendectomy) for this usually benign and rare ovarian mas...

BACKGROUND Endometrial adenocarcinoma usually occurs after menopause, but in 2%-14% of cases, it occurs in young patients (less than 40 years of age) who are eager to preserve their fertility. Its treatment includes hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy, and, in some cases, radiation therapy. AIM To describe a case of endometrial adenocarcinoma occurring in ...