Gynecology Oncology
Sharon Baisil; Rashmi Kundapur; Sachin Chandramoha; Maria Nelliyanil; Prince Abhraham; Vijith Shetty; Rajesh Ballal
Volume 7, Issue 3 , January and February 2022, , Pages 221-225
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Background and Objective: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females globally and its toll is rapidly rising in India. Accurate knowledge about prognostic factors could assist oncologists in making correct treatment decisions and acquiring a better understanding of the survival of patients. ...
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Background and Objective: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females globally and its toll is rapidly rising in India. Accurate knowledge about prognostic factors could assist oncologists in making correct treatment decisions and acquiring a better understanding of the survival of patients. In patients with hormone receptor-positive, early diagnosis along with socioeconomic factors like education, income, etc., are said to play a vital role. Hence, the present study aimed to analyze the survival pattern depending on hormone receptor status, stages of breast cancer, and socioeconomic status.Methods: An Ambi directional cohort study was conducted among 300 patients with breast cancer registered and treated in a tertiary care hospital in Dakshina Kannada, India, in the last 3 years. A validated proforma was used to collect data. The post-treatment survival was analyzed depending on their income, family history, staging (clinical & histopathological), and hormone receptor status (HER-2/ER).Results: The pattern of receptor among these patients showed 45% ER, 43% PR, and 14.3% HER2 positivity. Among the patients, 83% had undergone hormonal therapy as per the receptor status. The overall survival rate of breast cancer patients was found to be 81%. The clinical stage of disease had a statistically significant association with survival using the log-rank test. However, monthly income and hormonal status showed no significance.Conclusion: A 3-year survival rate was 100% for stage Ⅰ patients, 96.6% for stage Ⅱ, 82.1% for stage Ⅲ, and 40% for stage Ⅳ. Hormone receptor positivity is highly predictive for better prognosis in breast cancer patients.
Gynecology Oncology
Behnaz Nouri; Sara Sarani; Maliheh Arab; Mina Bakhtiari; Fereshte Sarbazi; Anita Karimi
Volume 7, Issue 3 , January and February 2022, , Pages 230-234
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Background and Objectives: Adnexal masses are among the most important neoplastic lesions observed in women. Considering different results of laparoscopy versus laparotomy for adnexal masses, this study compared the surgical consequences of laparoscopy and laparotomy of adnexal masses.Methods: This prospective ...
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Background and Objectives: Adnexal masses are among the most important neoplastic lesions observed in women. Considering different results of laparoscopy versus laparotomy for adnexal masses, this study compared the surgical consequences of laparoscopy and laparotomy of adnexal masses.Methods: This prospective observational study was performed on females aged 10 to 75 years with adnexal mass referred to the gynecology clinic of Shohaday-e Tajrish Hospital (2019-2020) by convenience sampling. A total of 34 patients in the laparoscopy group and 29 patients in the laparotomy group were included in the study. SPSS 25 was used for data analysis.Results: The mean duration of surgery and anesthesia in laparoscopic patients was significantly more than in the laparotomy patients (P < /em><0.05). There were no significant differences between patients in the two groups in terms of complications during surgery (P < /em>=0.62). The mean of pre-discharge pain (based on scoring from 1 to 10) in laparoscopic patients was significantly lower than in the laparotomy group (3.5 ± 1.2 and 6.7 ± 1.0, respectively, P < /em><0.001). The mean length of hospital stay after surgery was significantly lower in the laparoscopic group compared with the laparotomy group (29 ± 9 hours and 44 ± 7 hours, respectively, P < /em><0.001).Conclusion: Although the use of laparoscopy in adnexal masses is associated with a longer duration of surgery and anesthesia, due to the shorter hospital stay, it can be concluded that the use of laparoscopy in adnexal masses is better than laparotomy.
Gynecology Oncology
Fariba Behnamfar; Maryam Nazemi; Fereshteh Mohammadizadeh
Volume 7, Issue 3 , January and February 2022, , Pages 247-250
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare type of sarcoma. Botryoid type is the most common. The peak incidence is the second decade. Cervical RMS is rare in adults. We reported two cases, A, 31 years old woman G1L1 referred to a gynecologist oncologist with abnormal vaginal bleeding. And pathology reported RMS. ...
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare type of sarcoma. Botryoid type is the most common. The peak incidence is the second decade. Cervical RMS is rare in adults. We reported two cases, A, 31 years old woman G1L1 referred to a gynecologist oncologist with abnormal vaginal bleeding. And pathology reported RMS. She received 8courses of VAC regimen for chemotherapy .3 weeks after the last course, she underwent conization, and a remnant of sarcoma was seen. A hysterectomy was done for her. She has been disease free for 12 month. Case 2 was a 25 years old nulliparous woman presenting with abnormal vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge, and cervical polypoid grape like lesion. Pathology reported RMS. Conization was done. Chemotherapy with VAC regimen was done for 8 courses. She has been disease free after 9 years. These two cases showed that RMS can occur in rare places and older ages.
Gynecology Oncology
Shahrzad Sheikhhasani; Hanna Saffar; Narges Zamani; Mohades Peydayesh; Somayeh Nikfar; Mona Mohseni
Volume 7, Issue 3 , January and February 2022, , Pages 251-253
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Due to its rarity, the standard clinical presentation, treatment protocol, and prognosis of primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) have not been clearly described yet. Hence, herein we reported a case of ovarian peripheral PNET whose histomorphology reports caused her certain diagnoses at Imam Khomeini ...
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Due to its rarity, the standard clinical presentation, treatment protocol, and prognosis of primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) have not been clearly described yet. Hence, herein we reported a case of ovarian peripheral PNET whose histomorphology reports caused her certain diagnoses at Imam Khomeini Hospital, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, in 2020.Considering different clinical presentations, and poor prognosis of PNET compared to other ovarian malignancies, to on-time diagnosis and treatment, the patient's histomorphology and immunohistochemical (IHC) profile assessment, particularly in younger women, seems beneficial.
Gynecology Oncology
Tajossadat Allameh; Maryam Nazemi; Leila Mousavi Seresht; Behnoosh Mohamadi
Volume 7, Issue 2 , September and October 2021, , Pages 126-130
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This case report aimed to describe the clinical symptoms, pathological features, treatment, and prognosis of two cases of vulvar dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP). Two Iranian women aged 37 and 35 presented with a nodular mass lesion in labia major and were initially diagnosed with DFSP in the vulva. ...
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This case report aimed to describe the clinical symptoms, pathological features, treatment, and prognosis of two cases of vulvar dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP). Two Iranian women aged 37 and 35 presented with a nodular mass lesion in labia major and were initially diagnosed with DFSP in the vulva. Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdominopelvic region showed a small round lesion in the right side of the vulva vaginal region. The excisional procedure was performed under general anesthesia, and postoperative recovery was uneventful. Histopathology reported DFSP, which is a rare vulvar tumor. The patients were further investigated by computed tomography scan for metastasis, showing that the chest, abdomen, and pelvis were normal. The outcome was favorable. The DFSP is a rare tumor, constituting only 0.1% of all malignancies. Vulvar DFSP is exceptionally rare.
Gynecology Oncology
Fariba Behnamfar; Safoura Rouholamin; Taj Sadat Allameh; Fahimeh Sabet; Leila Mousavi Seresht; Maryam Nazemi
Volume 7, Issue 1 , September and October 2021, , Pages 32-37
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Background & Objective: Comparative study between laparoscopic and laparotomy scoring in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.Materials & Methods: This prospective study included 27 patients with advanced ovarian cancer who underwent laparoscopy and laparotomy scoring at hospitals affiliated ...
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Background & Objective: Comparative study between laparoscopic and laparotomy scoring in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.Materials & Methods: This prospective study included 27 patients with advanced ovarian cancer who underwent laparoscopy and laparotomy scoring at hospitals affiliated with Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) during 2020 and 2021. The laparoscopic predictive index value (PIV) score (range: 0-14) was calculated for all patients. In patients with PIV scores <8, primary cytoreductive surgery (PCS) was performed, and patients with scores ≥8 were candidates for neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). In the PCS group, laparotomy scoring and surgical findings for each anatomical area were registered for all patients, and concordance between laparoscopy and laparotomy findings was compared. Residual disease following PCS was documented for all patients.Results: A total of 27 patients underwent laparoscopic scoring surgery; 25 patients (92/5%) had a PIV score <8, and two patients (7/5%) had a PIV score ≥8. There was 92% agreement between PIV scores at laparoscopy and laparotomy. Agreements in different anatomical regions in laparoscopy and laparotomy were as follows: involvement of the bowel 76%, mesenteric 92%, liver 96%, omental 92%, diaphragm 96%, stomach 100%, peritoneal carcinomatosis 96%. A laparoscopic PIV score of <8 had a PPV of 84% at predicting R0 at PCS.Conclusion: Laparoscopic scoring is a precise approach in the management of patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Laparoscopic scoring is a screening method of selecting patients for primary surgery or NACT and improved R0 resection at PCS. The present study was designed to assess patients who would gain the maximum benefits from primary surgery.
Gynecology Oncology
Tahereh Ashrafganjoei; Maryam Talayeh; Somayeh Noei Teymoordash; Mohammad Hashemi Bahremani; Hamed talayeh
Volume 7, Issue 1 , September and October 2021, , Pages 59-62
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Uterine adenosarcoma (UA) is an infrequent malignancy which contains the epithelium of benign glands and malignant mesenchymal elements. Low-grade adenosarcoma has a sarcomatous part that is uniformly low grade. Uterine adenosarcoma includes 8% of all uterine sarcomas and less than 0.2% of uterine neoplasms. ...
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Uterine adenosarcoma (UA) is an infrequent malignancy which contains the epithelium of benign glands and malignant mesenchymal elements. Low-grade adenosarcoma has a sarcomatous part that is uniformly low grade. Uterine adenosarcoma includes 8% of all uterine sarcomas and less than 0.2% of uterine neoplasms. It is more common in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women. Due to the rarity of uterine adenosarcoma, limited information is available to help guide treatment.A 33-year-old woman, who had one child referred to ???? with a complaint of abnormal uterine bleeding for one year; the sonography reported a polyp in fundal cavity of uterus. The patient underwent hysteroscopy and curettage. The pathology examination revealed uterine adenosarcoma which led to a total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.Abnormal uterine bleeding is the most common symptom of UA. At a young age there is a possibility of misdiagnosis. Hysteroscopy should also be performed if symptomatic or enlarge polypoid lesions are diagnosed preoperatively.
Gynecology Oncology
Hemant Kumar Sharma
Volume 6, Issue 4 , August 2021, , Pages 224-227
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Malignant pericardial effusion presenting with cardiac tamponade is a rare manifestation of metastatic gynecological cancer. Our patient, a 62-year-old female was presented with papillary serous adenocarcinoma of the right ovary in 2016. She was treated with interval cytoreduction surgery and platinum-based ...
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Malignant pericardial effusion presenting with cardiac tamponade is a rare manifestation of metastatic gynecological cancer. Our patient, a 62-year-old female was presented with papillary serous adenocarcinoma of the right ovary in 2016. She was treated with interval cytoreduction surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy until 2018. Now, she presented with sudden onset dyspnea, tachypnea, tachycardia with hypotension, and distended jugular venous pressure. Echocardiography confirmed a large pericardial effusion with mild bilateral pleural effusion. She underwent an emergent pericardiocentesis which yielded 350 mL of hemorrhagic fluid and cytological examination of smears confirmed the presence of metastatic adenocarcinoma cells. The patient was managed conservatively and discharged after one week of hospitalization with a referral to the oncology center for further treatment. With increasing longevity and improved chemotherapeutic regimens, cases of malignant pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade are on the rise, and therefore, clinicians need to be familiar with the prompt diagnosis and management of this life-threatening disease process.
Gynecology Oncology
Fatemeh Shafizadeh; Sara Babazadeh; Fatemeh Nasiri Amiri; Ahmadreza Shafizadeh
Volume 6, Issue 4 , August 2021, , Pages 233-238
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Mature cystic teratomas, also named dermoid cysts, are the most benign ovarian germ cell tumors and can occur in any age group. Transformation of the mature elements within the dermoid cyst to the malignancy termed mature cystic teratomas (MCTs) with malignant transformation occurs in only 1-2 % of cases. ...
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Mature cystic teratomas, also named dermoid cysts, are the most benign ovarian germ cell tumors and can occur in any age group. Transformation of the mature elements within the dermoid cyst to the malignancy termed mature cystic teratomas (MCTs) with malignant transformation occurs in only 1-2 % of cases. Of these, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) with 80% prevalence is the most common type. A 54-year-old peri-menopausal woman -gravida 5, para 4, live 4, and abortion 1- presented to our clinic with a complaint of abdominal pain for about five months. Transvaginal ultrasonography revealed a mass with a diameter of 125-millimeter in the left adnexa with a complex appearance containing fine-echo liquid, solid internal component, and thickened wall. Spiral CT scan of abdomen & pelvis showed 147×121-millimeter bilocular lesion consistent with an ovarian dermoid cyst. Left salpingo-oophorectomy was performed, and a frozen section was requested during the surgery, which showed a malignant epithelial tumor consistent with squamous cell carcinoma arising in teratoma. Total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, pelvic lymphadenectomy, and partial omentectomy were done successfully. The patient was discharged from the hospital after two days without any complaints or adverse events. Regarding the rarity of MCT with malignant transformation, it is recommended to consider patient characteristics, preoperative imaging, laboratory evaluations, and the results of the frozen section during surgery since they can significantly change the treatment plan and the prognosis of the patient.
Gynecology Oncology
Somayyeh Noei Teymoordash; Maliheh Arab; Maryam Talayeh; Masoomeh Raoufi; Behnaz Ghavami; Behnaz Nouri
Volume 6, Issue 2 , March 2021, , Pages 99-104
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Background: A variety of presentations may be manifested by retained sponge, including intestinal obstruction, intestinal fistula, malabsorption syndrome and chronic pain from adhesions; in some cases, it may have an asymptomatic clinical course.Case report: In a 41-year-old female, gravida 4 para 4, ...
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Background: A variety of presentations may be manifested by retained sponge, including intestinal obstruction, intestinal fistula, malabsorption syndrome and chronic pain from adhesions; in some cases, it may have an asymptomatic clinical course.Case report: In a 41-year-old female, gravida 4 para 4, with a history of laparotomy performed for an ovarian adenocarcinoma three years prior to her referral, a gossypiboma was incidentally detected on follow up imaging. The gossypiboma was safely excised by a midline laparotomy.Conclusion: Asymptomatic gossypiboma should be considered in patients presenting with a mass, who have undergone laparotomy in the past.
Gynecology Oncology
Maliheh Arab
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 1-5
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In all cancers, the tendency for conservative treatment is on the rise. There are several options for fertility-sparing in cervical cancer including: a) Conization, b) Simple trachelectomy, c) Radical Trachelectomy including: Vaginal, Abdominal, Laparoscopic and Robotic. In conclusion, in young women ...
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In all cancers, the tendency for conservative treatment is on the rise. There are several options for fertility-sparing in cervical cancer including: a) Conization, b) Simple trachelectomy, c) Radical Trachelectomy including: Vaginal, Abdominal, Laparoscopic and Robotic. In conclusion, in young women with cervical cancer, fertility-sparing should be considered. In Conization is done in Stage 1A1 cases without LVSI. Conservative Surgery can be performed in stage 1B1 and 1A2 (Trachelectomy). MRI should be done in the early-stage cervical cancer before fertility- sparing.
Gynecology Oncology
Khadijeh Elmizadeh; Fatemeh Lalooha; Shahrzad Sheikh Hassani; Solmaz Chmanara
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 16-21
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Background & Objective: This study aimed to examine the extent to which postcoital bleeding (PCB) can be a predictive factor for cervical cancer.Materials & Methods: In this observational study we selected and evaluated 280 females with PCB referred to Kowsar Hospital of Qazvin, Iran from 2017 ...
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Background & Objective: This study aimed to examine the extent to which postcoital bleeding (PCB) can be a predictive factor for cervical cancer.Materials & Methods: In this observational study we selected and evaluated 280 females with PCB referred to Kowsar Hospital of Qazvin, Iran from 2017 to 2019.Results: Among the 189 patients diagnosed as normal in their Pap smear results, one patient had cancer in her biopsy results. A closer look at the biopsy results of the patients showed 45 patients as normal, 64 patients with cervical infection, 31 patients with polyp cervix, 45 patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1 (CIN 1), and one patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Among 63 patients diagnosed with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS), three showed CIN 2 and CIN 3 in their biopsies. Furthermore, out of 21 patients with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), three patients had CIN 2 and CIN 3, one patient had carcinoma, and one had SCC. In addition, all of the patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HGSIL) were diagnosed with CIN 2, CIN 3, and SCC.Conclusion: Because of the higher rate of cervical cancer in women with PCB and inconsistent screening programs in developing countries, it is essential to carefully consider the symptoms of PCB despite having a normal Pap smear.
Gynecology Oncology
Haleh Ayatollahi; Samira Jahangard
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 35-41
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Background: Choriocarcinoma is the most aggressive kind of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN). Although the risk of brain metastasis in GTN is rare, in patients with choriocarcinoma, the incidence of brain metastasis is 11%. In this paper, we reported a case of choriocarcinoma with brain metastasis, ...
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Background: Choriocarcinoma is the most aggressive kind of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN). Although the risk of brain metastasis in GTN is rare, in patients with choriocarcinoma, the incidence of brain metastasis is 11%. In this paper, we reported a case of choriocarcinoma with brain metastasis, which was successfully treated with an etoposide, methotrexate, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide, and vincristine (EMACO) regimen.Case presentation: A 34-year-old woman was presented with vaginal bleeding, dyspnea, and moderate abdominal pain. She had a menstrual delay of about two weeks. She had a primary β-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) of 132 600 mIU/mL. On lung computed tomography (CT) scan images, a metastatic lesion with a size of 68×50 mm was observed in the lower lobe of the left lung. The patient underwent dilation and curettage (D&C) that revealed choriocarcinoma. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) also showed a small metastatic mass with a size of 7 mm at the right occipital lobe. The patient was started on chemotherapy with an EMACO regimen. The patient’s β-hCG decreased continuously, and it was negative after the fourth cycle and six sessions of radiotherapy. It also remained negative six months after chemotherapy. The final examinations of the patient had no abnormal findings. Conclusion: Brain metastasis may be relatively asymptomatic in patients with choriocarcinoma, and it should be considered by physicians, even when there are no neurological symptoms. Also, the EMACO regimen seems to be an appropriate regimen for the treatment of metastatic choriocarcinoma.
Gynecology Oncology
Nadereh Behtash; Fahimeh Sabet; Narges Izadi-mood; Mojgan Karimi-Zarchi
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 42-49
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Vulvar Paget’s disease is rare among patients with vulvar cancer. Commonly, this disease is presented in the vulva and seen in postmenopausal women. In this study, we reported five cases of vulvar Paget’s disease referred to Bahman Hospital, Tehran, Iran, from 2013 to 2019. The median ...
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Vulvar Paget’s disease is rare among patients with vulvar cancer. Commonly, this disease is presented in the vulva and seen in postmenopausal women. In this study, we reported five cases of vulvar Paget’s disease referred to Bahman Hospital, Tehran, Iran, from 2013 to 2019. The median age of patients diagnosed with Paget’s vulvar disease was 56.2 years (ranges from 52 to 62 years); the oncology history of patients was negative. All patients underwent surgery, including wide local excision, hemivulvectomy, and bilateral vulvectomy. The invasive disease was observed in three patients. Surgical margins in three patients were involved by Paget’s disease, and one recurrence (25%) was observed. Paget’s disease should be diagnosed and treated by surgery as soon as possible to avoid worsening the prognosis of patients and recurrence.
Gynecology Oncology
Maryam Rahimi; Elahe Keyhani; Farkhondeh Behjati
Volume 5, Issue 4 , December 2020, , Pages 137-148
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Background & Objective: As the most common cancer type, breast cancer has been recognized as the second mortality cause among women. The KIT proto-oncogene is one of the important factors involved in tumor development. The previous findings have demonstrated an increased copy number and overexpression ...
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Background & Objective: As the most common cancer type, breast cancer has been recognized as the second mortality cause among women. The KIT proto-oncogene is one of the important factors involved in tumor development. The previous findings have demonstrated an increased copy number and overexpression of this gene under the influence of breast cancer development.Materials & Methods: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the copy number variation (CNV) of all exons of KIT gene and estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), HER2, P53, stage, tumor size, Ki67, Annexin V, histological type, age, molecular subtype, and node status by surveying breast cancer tissues collected from 64 patients. The CNV exons and clinicopathological variables were assessed by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA), hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, and immunohistochemistry techniques.Results: Sixty percent of cases in exon 17, 60% in exon 18, and nearly 67% in exon 19 with increased CNVs had a tumor size of 2-5 cm; these results were significant. Also, patients with an increased exon 7 CNV were significantly in stage 3. Other exons did not exhibit significant relation to other clinicopathological variables (P < /em>>0.05).Conclusion: Exons 7, 17, 18, and 19 are the key coding domains of tyrosine kinase, involving the activation of various upstream transcription factors that regulate apoptosis, cell differentiation, proliferation, and angiogenesis. Variation in exons can influence drug resistance. The results of this study can contribute to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, although their confirmation requires further examinations.
Gynecology Oncology
Maliheh Hasanzadeh; Seyedeh Sara Nourbakhsh; Amir Hosein Jafarian; Parnian Malakuti
Volume 5, Issue 4 , December 2020, , Pages 175-177
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Introduction: Vaginal adenosis is one of the precursor lesions of the vaginal clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA). The most common symptom of vaginal adenosis is abnormal vaginal pain and bleeding. About 90% of women exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) during pregnancy have vaginal and cervical adenosis ...
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Introduction: Vaginal adenosis is one of the precursor lesions of the vaginal clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA). The most common symptom of vaginal adenosis is abnormal vaginal pain and bleeding. About 90% of women exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) during pregnancy have vaginal and cervical adenosis in female fetus. DES has been reported rarely with no history of fetal use.Case Presentation: In this article, we report two vaginal adenosis patients with no history of DES during pregnancy. There was no vaginal cancer in the follow-up of the patients.Conclusion: Vaginal adenosis is considered as a non-common differential diagnosis of vaginal bleeding that can be diagnosed by physical examination, colposcopy, and biopsy.
Gynecology Oncology
Somayyeh Noei Teymoordash; Maliheh Arab; Noushin Afsharmoghadam; Behnaz Nouri; Tayebeh Jahed bozorgan; Maryam Talayeh
Volume 5, Issue 3 , November 2020, , Pages 103-109
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Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is characterized by mucinous ascites in the peritoneal cavity and might involve the omentum and peritoneum. The PMPs originating from the ovary are mostly caused by ruptured ovarian mature teratomas and mucinous ovarian carcinomas. The present case is a rare advanced mucinous ...
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Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is characterized by mucinous ascites in the peritoneal cavity and might involve the omentum and peritoneum. The PMPs originating from the ovary are mostly caused by ruptured ovarian mature teratomas and mucinous ovarian carcinomas. The present case is a rare advanced mucinous borderline ovarian tumor and late recurrence in PMP in a 52-year-old menopaused woman. She presented with gradual abdominal enlargement and cystic abdominopelvic lesion with internal septa and ascites. The patient underwent total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, infracolic omentectomy, lymphadenectomy, and appendectomy. Histopathologic examination revealed mucinous borderline tumors. About 5.5 years after the first surgery, she presented with abdominal bloating and a sonography report of peritoneal seeding in the abdomen and pelvis. Abdominal exploration showed gelatinous-mucinous ascites and disseminated peritoneal carcinomatosis. The final histopathologic evaluation indicated PMP. Although the recurrence of mucinous borderline tumors is in an average of two years, the present case had relapsed after 5.5 years as pseudomyxoma with borderline pathology.
Gynecology Oncology
Sarmad Nourooz Zadeh; Sedigheh Ghasemian Dizajmehr; Farzaneh Rashidi Fakari; Hania Fattahi; Mohsen Ghasemian
Volume 5, Issue 2 , October 2020, , Pages 54-56
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Introduction: Leiomyomas are tumors of the soft tissues. The incidence of myomas within the perineum is absolutely rare and only a few reports have been made on the matter. We herein report a case of perineal myoma in a virgin woman, which was successfully excised.Case report: We present a 35-year-old ...
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Introduction: Leiomyomas are tumors of the soft tissues. The incidence of myomas within the perineum is absolutely rare and only a few reports have been made on the matter. We herein report a case of perineal myoma in a virgin woman, which was successfully excised.Case report: We present a 35-year-old virgin woman, with complaint referred to a mass in her perineum which had first exhibited signs 5 years prior to the time she referred to us and had increased in size in a steady manner ever since. The mass had caused no gynecologic, rectal, or urinary symptoms. Clinical examination revealed a painless, mobile mass (6cm*6cm) with [unknown consistency] in the right perineum with extension to the distal of the labium majus of the same side.Conclusion: Treatment of symptomatic leiomyomas relies on surgical excision of the mass. However, the surgical method of choice is a matter of debate in previous studies.
Gynecology Oncology
Arvin Arian; Masume Giti; Azamosadat Moosavi; Setare Akhavan; Arash Azhideh; Mehran Arab-Ahmadi
Volume 5, Issue 1 , August 2020, , Pages 19-23
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Background & Objective: Endometrial cancer is the most frequent genitourinary tract malignancy in women. Women with endometrial cancer mostly refer at early stages of the disease which leads to good prognosis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a crucial role in staging of the cancer. As there ...
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Background & Objective: Endometrial cancer is the most frequent genitourinary tract malignancy in women. Women with endometrial cancer mostly refer at early stages of the disease which leads to good prognosis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a crucial role in staging of the cancer. As there are little studies regarding the correlation between histopathology and International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging in Iranian women with endometrial cancer, we designed this study to assess the relationship between histopathology and FIGO staging with MRI in Iranian women with endometrial cancer.Materials & Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in Imam Khomeini hospital complex between January 2015 and January 2018. All MRIs were performed on a 3T system. All imaging was done in Imam Hospital under observation of attending Radiologists with 10 and 20 years of work experience in women’s imaging who conducted this research. Obtained surgical specimens were assessed by an expert pathologist in the field of cancer and type of cancers were determined.Results: Thirty two women with proved endometrial cancer (D&C or endometrial biopsy) were enrolled. Mean age was 55.2±10.7 years and all women referred to our clinic with vaginal bleeding. The most common FIGO staging was IA (14, 43.75%) and the most frequent pathology was endometrioid type adenocarcinoma (30, 93.7%) (60% well differentiated, 13.3% moderately differentiated, and 26.6% poorly differentiated). Most cases with endometrioid type poorly differentiated referred with IIIC1 stage of cancer, most patients with endometrioid type well differentiated referred with stage IA, a patient with clear cell cancer referred with stage IIIB, and patients with sarcoma referred with stages IB, and IV.Conclusion: Patients with poor differentiated endometrial cancer referred with higher stages of the cancer.
