Endometrial carcinoma

Case contributed by Abbas M. Mahmood
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Vaginal bleeding

Patient Data

Age: 65 years
Gender: Female
mri
  • well-defined soft tissue mass occupying the endometrial cavity (52 x 33 x 45 mm - coronal x transverse x sagittal)
  • no gross invasion to the myometrium
  • no cervical stromal invasion although it reaches the cervix
  • no serosal or parametrial extension
  • no rectum or bladder invasion
  • bilateral few enlarged external iliac nodes with restricted diffusion (up to 6 mm right side)
  • adnexa clear
ct

  • normal urinary bladder
  • uterine cavity occupied by soft tissue mass
  • adnexa clear bilaterally
  • no lesion seen in the spine or pelvic bones
  • no ascites
  • few enlarged lymph nodes of the external iliac (up to 5 mm in short axis diameter)
Photo

Histopathology report after hysterectomy 

Case Discussion

A case of endometrial carcinoma staging demonstrated on pelvic MRI and CT in a post-menopausal woman with vaginal bleeding initially discovered on ultrasound examination and confirmed histologically by curettage.

The patient underwent a CT chest and abdomen for staging and finally, hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and external iliac lymph node dissection. The final result is:

Figo staging: IA

TNM staging: T1a N0 M0 

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