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Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2019, vol. 25, issue3
Subject Area: Medicine
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DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2019253.2671
Published online: 27 August 2019
Original article
J of IMAB. 2019 Jul-Sep;25(3):2671-2674;
UTERINE AND OVARIAN SARCOMAS: CLINICAL AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Tihomir Totev1
, Desislava Kiprova2, Nadezhda Hinkova2,
1) Institute of Science and Research, Medical University - Pleven, Bulgaria.
2) St. Marina University Hospital, Medical University - Pleven, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
Purpose: To investigate the clinical and histopathological characteristics of patients with uterine and ovarian sarcomas and analyse surgical operations already performed.
Material and Methods: The retrospective study included 17 patients with uterine and 2 patients with ovarian sarcomas, who were diagnosed and operated on for three years at St. Marina University Hospital in Pleven, Bulgaria.
Results: In the group of uterine sarcomas, the highest incidence was that of leiomyosarcomas (53.3%), followed by endometrial stromal sarcomas (33.3%) and the homologous carcinosarcomas (13.3%). Most of the patients were diagnosed in the first clinical stage (73.3%), and the most common surgery performed was total abdominal hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy, with or without omentectomy (53.3%). The two patients with ovarian tumours were histologically diagnosed with carcinosarcoma.
Conclusions: Genital sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of rare malignant diseases with poor prognoses. Early detection, adequate histological diagnosis and staging are of utmost importance for control.
Keywords: uterine sarcoma, ovarian sarcoma,
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Please cite this article as: Totev T, Kiprova D, Hinkova N. Uterine and ovarian sarcomas: clinical and histopathological characteristics. J of IMAB. 2019 Jul-Sep;25(3):2671-2674.
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2019253.2671
Correspondence to: Tihomir P. Totev MD, PhD, St. Marina University Hospital, Department of Gynecology; Bulgarska aviatsia str., Pleven 5800, Bulgaria; E-mail: t.totev@mail.bg
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Received: 14 February 2019
Published online: 27 August 2019