title: Management of uterine Müllerian adenosarcoma with extrauterine metastatic deposits.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to provide the management and outcome of three patients who presented with uterine Müllerian adenosarcoma associated with extrauterine metastases.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study of three patients who were referred to our hospital was performed. One patient was referred because of vaginal metastatic deposits that were noted during investigations for primary infertility. The other two were referred because of abnormal vaginal bleeding; one of these had a large polyp protruding through her cervix into the vagina.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In two patients the preoperative diagnosis and extent of their disease were known while in the third patient the diagnosis was only made postoperatively. All patients had a type II radical abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and omentectomy. Two patients were given three cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pelvic irradiation over 12 weeks. Both of these patients had their diagnosis made preoperatively and the chemotherapy consisted of 240 mg/m(2) carboplatin and 80 mg/m(2) farmorubicin per cycle. The pelvic irradiation consisted of daily fractions of 1.8-Gy irradiation to a total of 45 Gy over the first 6 weeks. The other patient was given the same regime postoperatively. All patients are still alive and free of disease between 34 and 56 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Radical surgery, chemotherapy, and irradiation provide a management option with seemingly favorable outcome for patients with uterine Müllerian adenosarcoma associated with extrauterine metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Johannesburg Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guidozzi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Koller
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reinecke
mesh_terms: D018195:Adenosarcoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018200:Mixed Tumor, Mullerian / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009852:Omentum; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D011379:Prognosis; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*