Case report co-existing endometrial stromal sarcoma and leiomyoma-uterus - a case report

ABSTRACT

Leiomyoma of the uterus is an extremely common neoplasm with overall incidence of 4-11% and nearly 40% in women over the age of 50 yrs [1]. Endometrial stromal tumors tend to occur in middle aged women with average age of 45 years. Endometrial stromal sarcomas constitute about 10-15% of uterine malignancies with mesenchymal component [2]. Combined smooth muscle-stromal tumor is a rare entity and it is also called as stromomyoma in old literature [3]. We labeled our case as CO-EXISTING ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL SARCOMA [ESS] AND LEIOMYOMA-UTERUS PRESENTING AS SEPARATE MASSES which is different from combined smooth muscle-stromal tumor as evident from discussion below