Abstract

AVILA AROSTEGUI, Debbie L; AMORES CARRATE, Jacqueline; BASTIAN MANSO, Luis  and  ARREDONDO BRUCE, Alfredo. Müllerian mixed malignant tumor: a rare case report. AMC [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.5, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: müllerian mixed malignant tumors are very infrequent neoplasms. The commonest site of occurrence is in the female genital tract; inside him the body of uterus, uterine neck, ovary, and tuba uterina appear. Case presentation: a great difficult diagnostic case both clinical and imaging is presented, with histological confirmation of giant müllerian mixed malignant tumor of cervix and body of uterus in a postmenopausal woman who was presented with a large abdominal mass and a radiotherapy history of eight years ago for a uterine neck carcinoma. To the initial medical examination and computerized axial tomography appeared to be an ovarian tumor, during the surgical act appear like giant and deformed irregular uterus tumor, v/s endometrial stromal sarcoma, however, the pathological examination revealed a müllerian mixed malignant tumor of cervix and body of uterus. The malignant epithelial component was a squamous carcinoma with a homologous sarcomatous component. The patient was surgically treated. Conclusion: Accurate diagnosis of cervix MMMT is important for the patient’s appropriate treatment.

Keywords : MIXED TUMOR,MULLERIANO [diagnosis]; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL; ADULT; FEMDLE; CASE STUDIES.

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