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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
Clinicopathologic features of 12 tumors of the lower uterine segment (isthmus) were studied and the findings compared with data on 196 tumors of the corpus endometrium proper. The mean age of these Japanese patients with tumors of the isthmus was 47 years and that of the patients with tumors of the corpus endometrium was 55 years. Seven of the isthmic tumors (58%) were graded as 3 (poorly differentiated) with histologic features of adenosquamous carcinoma, and all 12 tumors showed myometrial invasion. Endometrial hyperplasia or atypical endometrial glands were found in the endometrium adjacent to the tumor in 11 women. Normal mucosal structures of the lower uterine segment were uninvolved, in the area between the tumor and the endocervix, in only three patients. Four patients died of the disease within 36 months after surgery. In a comparison with the usual endometrial tumors of the corpus, tumors of the lower uterine segment tended to be high-grade adenosquamous carcinomas and myometrial invasion was more extensive. The short-term follow-up revealed that lower uterine segment tumors carried an unfavorable prognosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0277-1691
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
26-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Carcinoma of the lower uterine segment. Clinicopathologic analysis of 12 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study