Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 533-535, October 2009

Homologous Type of Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor of the Uterus Presenting as a Cervical Mass

  • Umur Kuyumcuoğlu
    • ,
  • Ahmet Kale

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ahmet Kale, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dicle University Medical School, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Received 29 July 2008; accepted 23 July 2009.

Article Outline

Malignant mixed Mullerian tumors are composed of a mixture of sarcoma and carcinoma. The carcinomatous element is usually glandular, whereas the sarcomatous element may resemble normal endometrial stroma (homologous or so-called carcinosarcoma). Here, we present a homologous type of malignant mixed Mullerian tumor of the uterus that presented as a cervical mass. We describe a 55-year-old patient who had a cervical mass arising from the uterus. We performed total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and surgical staging (including (peritoneal washings, suspicious areas or peritoneal surfaces sampled, infracolic omental sampling, pelvic and paraaortic lymph node sampling, and appendectomy). Carcinosarcomas of the uterine cervix are extremely rare, and when a post-menopausal woman with a cervical mass is admitted to the gynecology clinic, the physician should keep in mind that the mass might be a carcinosarcoma. [J Chin Med Assoc 2009;72(10):533–535]

Key Words:  carcinosarcoma , cervical mass , malignant mixed Mullerian tumors

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70423-X

doi:10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70423-X

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 533-535, October 2009

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