A Challenging Diagnosis of Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma in a 50-Year-Old Patient: Case Report and Literature Review
Ana-Maria Haliciu, Cristina Furnică, Cristinel Ionel Stan, Raluca-Mihaela Gemanariu, Ioana Pavaleanu, Tudor Andrei Buțureanu, Andreea Pruteanu, Teodora Ana Balan, Bogdan Gabriel Anghel, Raluca Anca Balan, Edward J Pavlik · 2025
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The authors (2025) report a hard-to-diagnose case of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma in a fifty-year-old woman, paired with a review of the literature. The tumor is a rare uterine cancer that grows slowly and answers strongly to hormones. It hides well: its symptoms, scans, and tissue features overlap with fibroids and other uterine conditions. The patient came in with repeated abnormal bleeding and anemia. Imaging showed a lumpy cavity lesion with cystic parts, suggesting ordinary fibroids.
Suspicion of sarcoma led to removal of the uterus and both ovaries, which also cuts the hormones feeding the tumor. Tissue and staining tests confirmed the diagnosis. No invasion of vessels was found, and her recovery went well. The authors urge clinicians to keep sarcoma in mind when perimenopausal women bleed atypically under a fibroid label. Diagnosis and care, they stress, take a team.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ana-Maria Haliciu, Cristina Furnică, Cristinel Ionel Stan, Raluca-Mihaela Gemanariu, Ioana Pavaleanu, Tudor Andrei Buțureanu, Andreea Pruteanu, Teodora Ana Balan, Bogdan Gabriel Anghel, Raluca Anca Balan, Edward J Pavlik |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |