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CASE REPORT
Endometrial stromal sarcoma of the uterus presenting as pulmonary metastasis
  1. Fariba Binesh1,
  2. Shokouh Taghipour Zahir1,
  3. Ali Akhavan2,
  4. Taghi Roshan Bovanlu3
  1. 1Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran
  2. 2Department of Radiotherapy, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran
  3. 3Department of Radiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran

Summary

Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is a rare uterine sarcoma. Compared with other uterine malignancies, it occurs at an earlier age (42–58 years) and about 10–25% of the patients are premenopausal. The tumours have an indolent growth, with a tendency for late recurrence. Metastases are rarely detected before the diagnosis of the primary lesion. We report a case of ESS with pulmonary metastasis as a prodromal manifestation.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-008565

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