Synchronous primary endometrial and ovarian cancers.

Kang, Ho Young; Hwang, Hyun Ju; Park, Mi Hwa; Jo, Hyun Cheol; Park, Ji Kwon; Shin, Jeong Kyu; Lee, Soon Ae; Ko, Gyung Hyuck; Lee, Jong Hak; Paik, Won Young

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2008;51(11):1362-1367.
Published online November 1, 2008.

Synchronous primary endometrial and ovarian cancers.

Ho Young Kang, Hyun Ju Hwang, Mi Hwa Park, Hyun Cheol Jo, Ji Kwon Park, Jeong Kyu Shin, Soon Ae Lee, Gyung Hyuck Ko, Jong Hak Lee, Won Young Paik

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, JinJu, Korea. wypaik@gnu.ac.kr
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, JinJu, Korea.
³Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences, Jinju, Korea.

Abstract

The coexistence of carcinoma of the endometrium and ovary of female genital tract are an uncommon event, and it occurred in 5% of the patients with endometrial cancer and 10% of the patients with ovarian cancer. However, most of them are metastatic lesion from one organ and synchronous primary cancers from both organs are rare. In the present case, we experienced a case with simultaneous primary cancers from endometrium and ovary, occurring in 37-year-old woman presented with abnormal vaginal bleeding. Preoperative endometrial biopsy revealed endometrial carcinoma, and magnetic resonance imaging showed both ovarian lesion, which is suspicious of malignancy. Intraoperative and histological finding showed stage Ib endometrioid endometrial carcinoma and stage IIIc mucinous adenocarcinoma of both ovary, and we present this case with a brief review of reference.

Key Words: Synchronous neoplasm, Endometrial cancer, Ovarian cancer