Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
Uterine carcinosarcomas are rare and extremely aggressive undifferentiated carcinomas which include both carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. A 52-year-old female presented with heavy irregular menstrual bleeding for several years and new right elbow pain and swelling. Ultrasound and computed tom...
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| description | Uterine carcinosarcomas are rare and extremely aggressive undifferentiated carcinomas which include both carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. A 52-year-old female presented with heavy irregular menstrual bleeding for several years and new right elbow pain and swelling. Ultrasound and computed tomography showed a large uterine mass with regional and distant metastatic lymphadenopathy and suspicious findings of osseous metastasis to the right elbow. A biopsy confirmed uterine carcinosarcoma, and the patient underwent chemotherapy and then surgical resection of the uterine mass with palliative radiotherapy of the right elbow. The postoperative imaging showed new metastasis, and the patient was scheduled to start on immunotherapy. Considering the highly invasive nature of uterine carcinosarcomas, timely detection of this cancer using characteristic imaging and pathology findings is of extreme importance to improve the patient’s survival. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-14c393bef43f4806be21ce0339905ded2025-08-20T03:54:29ZengWileyCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology2090-66842090-66922020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88163488816348Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature ReviewAli Kord0Behnam Rabiee1Ismail Elbaz Younes2Karen L. Xie3Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USADepartment of Radiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USADepartment of Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USADepartment of Radiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USAUterine carcinosarcomas are rare and extremely aggressive undifferentiated carcinomas which include both carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. A 52-year-old female presented with heavy irregular menstrual bleeding for several years and new right elbow pain and swelling. Ultrasound and computed tomography showed a large uterine mass with regional and distant metastatic lymphadenopathy and suspicious findings of osseous metastasis to the right elbow. A biopsy confirmed uterine carcinosarcoma, and the patient underwent chemotherapy and then surgical resection of the uterine mass with palliative radiotherapy of the right elbow. The postoperative imaging showed new metastasis, and the patient was scheduled to start on immunotherapy. Considering the highly invasive nature of uterine carcinosarcomas, timely detection of this cancer using characteristic imaging and pathology findings is of extreme importance to improve the patient’s survival.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8816348 |
| spellingShingle | Ali Kord Behnam Rabiee Ismail Elbaz Younes Karen L. Xie Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| title | Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full | Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_short | Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_sort | uterine carcinosarcoma a case report and literature review |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8816348 |
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