Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the endometrium: A rare case report

ABSTRACT

@#occur sporadically. It is defined as a primary carcinoma ofthe endometrium composed of squamous cells of varyingdegrees of differentiation. A 57-year-old female patient wasreferred to the gynaecological clinic of Faculty of Medicine,Universitas Indonesia, Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo NationalReferral Hospital because of abdominal enlargement withpain. Total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy wereperformed. Histopathological examination confirmed amoderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, withlymph-vascular invasion. Two weeks after the operation, thepatient complained of a mass on her left supraclaviculararea. Fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed squamous cellcarcinoma metastatic in nature. The recommendedtreatment was paclitaxel (175mg/m2) and carboplatin (AUC-6), combined with pelvic radiotherapy.