title: [2 rare cases of a presentation of endometrial cancer].
abstract: Two cases of endometrial carcinoma with an atypical presentation are analyzed. The first case was formerly submitted to pelvic irradiation because a cervical carcinoma, and the second case to a long-term tamoxifen co-adjuvant therapy on account of a breast carcinoma. The risk for seconds primaries carcinomas and the eventual association of pelvic radiation and tamoxifen therapy with a subsequent endometrial carcinoma are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Capurro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jorquera
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rojo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wistuba
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Dos casos infrecuentes de presentación del cancer de endometrio.