title: Uterine sarcomas at Ramathibodi Hospital (1969-1986).
abstract: Uterine sarcoma is a rare gynecological malignancy. This retrospective study covered a period of 18 years and during that time 15 cases of uterine sarcoma were treated in Ramathibodi Hospital. It represented an incidence of 6 per 10,000 gynecological admissions. There were 9 leiomyosarcomas, 3 endometrial stromal sarcomas, 2 mixed mullerian sarcomas, and one rhabdomyosarcoma. The average age of the patients was 45.67 years, 3 under 40 and five after menopause. The mean parity was 4. The most common presenting symptoms were vaginal bleeding and abdominal mass. The diagnostic curettage was positive in only 2 out of 7 cases. All were treated by hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Two out of 4 cases who received adjuvant radiotherapy or chemotherapy were still-alive at 1 and 3 year follow-up. The crude survival rate was 40 per cent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tangtrakul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srisupundit
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Linasmita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bullangpoti
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bhamarapravati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015996:Survival Rate; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*