How hairfall saved the patient from cancer twice - A postmenopausal patient with synchronous endometrial and endocervical carcinomas presenting with endocrine symptoms.
Post Reprod Health
; 29(2): 109-112, 2023 Jun.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37105163
Ovarian stromal hyperthecosis is an uncommon nonneoplastic cause of ovarian hyperandrogenism mainly in postmenopausal women. Here, we present a case of a postmenopausal woman who presented with features of virilization like alopecia and hirsutism. During its workup, two malignancies were diagnosed at a very early stage. Microscopic focus of endometrial adenocarcinoma in a polyp and similar focus of endocervical adenocarcinoma in the subsequent hysterectomy specimen were noted. Presence of synchronous malignancies in the uterus is very rare and it being detected in a patient who presented with a non-related symptom of hairfall makes it an interesting case scenario.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Carcinoma
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Adenocarcinoma
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Endometrial Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Post Reprod Health
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India
Country of publication:
United States