Case Report: From epilepsy and uterus didelphys to Turner syndrome-associated dysgerminoma
Jinghua Li, Haipeng Zhu, Xuelian Ma, Jia Li, Jing Xue, Limin Feng · 2024
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Description
Li and co-authors report a striking medical case from 2023. A 33-year-old Chinese woman with epilepsy and a doubled uterus and vagina is found to have Turner syndrome, a chromosomal condition, together with deletions on two chromosomes. Scans reveal a very large ovarian tumor, which surgery and pathology show to be a dysgerminoma at an advanced stage, with a mutation in the KIT gene.
Such tumors are rare in Turner syndrome without a Y chromosome or hormone therapy. During chemotherapy she suffers several strokes despite blood-thinning treatment, then declines further care. The authors draw three lessons: doubled reproductive organs can coexist with Turner syndrome, KIT screening matters, and clot prevention during this chemotherapy needs extra care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jinghua Li, Haipeng Zhu, Xuelian Ma, Jia Li, Jing Xue, Limin Feng |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |