Open AccessA case report of rare synchronous primary cancer in genital tract of middle aged female: Synchronous primary endometrial adenocarcinoma and serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma of ovary.
Author(s) -
Afra Samad,
Mubbasher Syed,
Arbaz Samad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2020.27.02.3313
Subject(s) - medicine , serous fluid , endometrial cancer , hysterectomy , papillary adenocarcinoma , ovary , work up , gynecology , cancer , oncology , adenocarcinoma , pathology
Synchronous cancers are defined as two or more histologically distinct malignancies arising in the same site, following each other in a sequence of < 2 months. Synchronous primary cancers are rare in general population and account for only 0.5-1.7% of gynaecological malignancies.1,2 It is important to distinguish synchronous primary tumors from metastatic malignancies.3 Case Report: We report a case of 55 years old female with history of pain in abdomen for the last one year. Surgical intervention was planned after complete work up. Hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and omentectomy was done. Histopathological examination reported the presence of synchronous endometrial adenocarcinoma well differentiated and malignant ovarian tumor low grade serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma. Conclusion: Though a rare presentation synchronous primary endometrial and ovarian cancers, usually identified at early stage and have a good prognosis.