Pineal gland metastasis from uterine serous carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature

Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) is a highly aggressive endometrial cancer histology with a propensity for distant metastasis. Despite the aggressive nature of UPSC, central nervous system metastasis is a rare occurrence with few cases reported in the literature. We present a case of a 58-y...

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Autores principales: Carson, Samantha, Hooten, Kristopher G., Bunch, Kristen P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8022149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2021.100738
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description Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) is a highly aggressive endometrial cancer histology with a propensity for distant metastasis. Despite the aggressive nature of UPSC, central nervous system metastasis is a rare occurrence with few cases reported in the literature. We present a case of a 58-year-old woman with a history of Stage IIIA UPSC who was diagnosed with recurrent, metastatic disease in the pineal gland more than 6 years after her initial diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-80221492021-04-12 Pineal gland metastasis from uterine serous carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature Carson, Samantha Hooten, Kristopher G. Bunch, Kristen P. Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) is a highly aggressive endometrial cancer histology with a propensity for distant metastasis. Despite the aggressive nature of UPSC, central nervous system metastasis is a rare occurrence with few cases reported in the literature. We present a case of a 58-year-old woman with a history of Stage IIIA UPSC who was diagnosed with recurrent, metastatic disease in the pineal gland more than 6 years after her initial diagnosis. Elsevier 2021-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8022149/ /pubmed/33850993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2021.100738 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Pineal gland metastasis from uterine serous carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature
title Pineal gland metastasis from uterine serous carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature
title_full Pineal gland metastasis from uterine serous carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Pineal gland metastasis from uterine serous carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Pineal gland metastasis from uterine serous carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature
title_short Pineal gland metastasis from uterine serous carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature
title_sort pineal gland metastasis from uterine serous carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8022149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2021.100738
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