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Two Cases of Endometrial Cancer in Twin Sisters with Myotonic Dystrophy

We describe two cases of endometrial cancer (EC) occurring in nulligravid twin sisters with myotonic dystrophy. Both tested negative for Lynch syndrome and both were treated with laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingooophorectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy. Although EC tends to run in fami...

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Autores principales: Koh, Ezra Y., van Kesteren, Paul J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27595026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9737014
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description We describe two cases of endometrial cancer (EC) occurring in nulligravid twin sisters with myotonic dystrophy. Both tested negative for Lynch syndrome and both were treated with laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingooophorectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy. Although EC tends to run in families, the diagnosis in itself is not considered sufficient cause for screening or prophylactic measures in close relatives. However, the presence of additional risk factors, such as nulligravidity and myotonic dystrophy in the underlying cases, may call for extra vigilance in first-degree family members.
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spelling pubmed-49939182016-09-04 Two Cases of Endometrial Cancer in Twin Sisters with Myotonic Dystrophy Koh, Ezra Y. van Kesteren, Paul J. M. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report We describe two cases of endometrial cancer (EC) occurring in nulligravid twin sisters with myotonic dystrophy. Both tested negative for Lynch syndrome and both were treated with laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingooophorectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy. Although EC tends to run in families, the diagnosis in itself is not considered sufficient cause for screening or prophylactic measures in close relatives. However, the presence of additional risk factors, such as nulligravidity and myotonic dystrophy in the underlying cases, may call for extra vigilance in first-degree family members. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4993918/ /pubmed/27595026 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9737014 Text en Copyright © 2016 E. Y. Koh and P. J. M. van Kesteren. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993918/
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