Published December 2004 | Version v1
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Adenocarcinoma of the uterine tube. Analysis of three cases

  • 1. Servicio de Oncología Hospital Policial, Montevideo (Uruguay)
  • 2. Dpto de Oncología de COMECA, Canelones (Uruguay)

Description

Three cases of CTU are analyzed retrospectively in women aged 51-57 and 60 years respectively. Clinically, they presented with pelvic pain bleeding all cases and in one of them. Were studied with ultrasound gynecological and abdominal-pelvic CT in one case ultrasound was also performed transvaginal. The CA 125 was elevated in only one patient. Diagnosis of CTU arose after surgery, reaching the same on the three occasions with adnexal mass. Surgical procedures were: oophorectomy and hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy in a case, salpingectomy in another and biopsy of the tumor mass in the left. The pathologic diagnosis was undifferentiated carcinoma in one case and papillary carcinoma in the remaining two. The clinical stages were for EI and EIII in a case in the other two. The three patients received adjuvant treatment based on Taxol and carboplatin. Two of them are alive at 8 and 14 months, respectively. the other died at 15 months, one of the cases in EIII and who made salpingectomy and systemic treatment. General treatment guidelines are marked as to the extent of surgery and the value of the systemic administration of platinum derivatives.

Part of:
Regional meeting of south Oncologist.Third day of Oncologic nursing

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Adenocarcinoma de trompa uterina. Análisis de tres casos

Publishing Information

Publisher
Sociedad de Oncologia Medica y Pediatrica del Uruguay
Imprint Place
Montevideo (Uruguay)
Imprint Title
Regional meeting of south Oncologist. Third day of Oncologic nursing
Imprint Pagination
44 p.
Journal Page Range
1 p.
Report number
UY-GEO--593

Conference

Title
8. Uruguayan congress of Oncology
Original Conference Title
8. Congreso Uruguayo de Oncologia
Dates
2-4 Dec 2004
Place
Montevideo (Uruguay)

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