SARCOMAS OF THE FEMALE GENITAL-TRACT AND PELVIC SOFT-TISSUES - A CLUSTER OF 14 CASES IN ONE-YEAR

Authors
GLEESON N GAFFNEY EF GONSALVES R QUIGLEY J BONNAR J
Citation
N. Gleeson et al., SARCOMAS OF THE FEMALE GENITAL-TRACT AND PELVIC SOFT-TISSUES - A CLUSTER OF 14 CASES IN ONE-YEAR, Irish medical journal, 86(6), 1993, pp. 196-198
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Irish medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
03323102
Volume
86
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
196 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0332-3102(1993)86:6<196:SOTFGA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report ten uterine and four extrauterine sarcomas encountered in a twelve month period (1989-90). The seven new cases of uterine sarcomas represent an estimated one third of all cases of malignancy of the co rpus uteri, which were diagnosed at the gynaecology departments of St James's and Adelaide hospitals in one year. Overall, the prognosis was poor in the uterine sarcoma group - only one patient in clinically tu mour free and five have succumbed to their disease. Delay in diagnosis especially in younger women with fibroid uterus contributed to this o utcome.