Bone Metastases of Endometrial Carcinoma: Report of Three Cases

Presented herein are three patients with bone metastasis from endometrial cancer. Bone metastases were found in the pelvic bones of cases 1 and 3 and the spine of case 2. All cases had an endometrial biopsy. Cases 1 and 2 were diagnosed as low-grade endometrioid carcinoma and case 3 as high-grade en...

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Published inCam ve Sakura Medical Journal Vol. 1; no. 3; pp. 115 - 118
Main Authors Aydın, Nurefşan, Danacı, Murat, Yalçın, İbrahim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Galenos Publishing House 01.12.2021
Subjects
bone metastasis
endometrial cancer
pelvic bone
spine
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Summary:Presented herein are three patients with bone metastasis from endometrial cancer. Bone metastases were found in the pelvic bones of cases 1 and 3 and the spine of case 2. All cases had an endometrial biopsy. Cases 1 and 2 were diagnosed as low-grade endometrioid carcinoma and case 3 as high-grade endometrioid carcinoma. Cases 1 and 2 had a total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and bilateral pelvic-paraaortic lymph node dissection. Case 2 received 6 cycles of chemotherapy after the operation and had a postoperative recurrence in the left paraaortic area 11 months after the surgery. This case report emphasized the significance of evaluation of the bone metastasis in endometrial cancer.
ISSN:2791-8823
2791-8823
DOI:10.4274/csmedj.galenos.2021.2021-10-2