Uterine Carcinosarcoma in a Young Female: Case Report and Literature Review

Uterine carcinosarcoma (USC) is a rare, aggressive primary neoplasm of the Uterus that represents less than 5% of all uterine malignancies. It usually affects older females in their seventh decade. USC disproportionally affects black women more and it has a worse prognosis than other endometrial car...

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Autores principales: Soror, Noha N, Woredekal, Daniel, Hemrock, Lori, Gibson, Gary, Bennett, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7876422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33585128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12642
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author Soror, Noha N
Woredekal, Daniel
Hemrock, Lori
Gibson, Gary
Bennett, Robert
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description Uterine carcinosarcoma (USC) is a rare, aggressive primary neoplasm of the Uterus that represents less than 5% of all uterine malignancies. It usually affects older females in their seventh decade. USC disproportionally affects black women more and it has a worse prognosis than other endometrial carcinomas.( )We present a case of uterine carcinosarcoma in a young Caucasian female who presented with vague symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and severe iron deficiency anemia.
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spelling pubmed-78764222021-02-12 Uterine Carcinosarcoma in a Young Female: Case Report and Literature Review Soror, Noha N Woredekal, Daniel Hemrock, Lori Gibson, Gary Bennett, Robert Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Uterine carcinosarcoma (USC) is a rare, aggressive primary neoplasm of the Uterus that represents less than 5% of all uterine malignancies. It usually affects older females in their seventh decade. USC disproportionally affects black women more and it has a worse prognosis than other endometrial carcinomas.( )We present a case of uterine carcinosarcoma in a young Caucasian female who presented with vague symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and severe iron deficiency anemia. Cureus 2021-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7876422/ /pubmed/33585128 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12642 Text en Copyright © 2021, Soror et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Uterine Carcinosarcoma in a Young Female: Case Report and Literature Review
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title_short Uterine Carcinosarcoma in a Young Female: Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort uterine carcinosarcoma in a young female: case report and literature review
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7876422/
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