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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 31:39-42 (2001)
© 2001 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Uterine Inversion Caused by Uterine Sarcoma: A Case Report

Katsumi Takano, Yoshihito Ichikawa, Hajime Tsunoda and Masato Nishida+

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Uterine inversion caused by uterine sarcoma is a rare condition with 12 reported cases to date according to a MEDLINE search. We report two cases of this rare condition. A 71- and a 72-year-old woman presented with uterine sarcomas rapidly extruded into the vagina. In both cases, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans showed U-shaped uterine cavities and the pedicles of these tumors were attached to the uterine fundi. Pathological examination confirmed a leiomyosarcoma and a heterologous carcinosarcoma. Uterine inversion can occur when uterine sarcoma rapidly increases in size and extrudes into the vagina. MRI should be performed in the diagnosis of this rare combination.

+ For reprints and all correspondence: Yoshihito Ichikawa, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1–1–1 Tennohdai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan E-mail:yoichika@md.tsukuba.ac.jp


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