title: [Endometrial carcinoma in the young].
abstract: The authors aim is to draw the readers attention to the possible occurrence of endometrial carcinoma in the young, by presenting the case of a 23 year-old woman. They highlight the risk factors (obesity, anovulatory bleeding abnormality, hypertension, positive familial history), that may have lead to the development of the endometrial carcinoma of their patient. It is assumed, that bleeding abnormality of a young woman could be the first sign of the carcinoma of the uterine corpus. They consider it obligatory in similar cases to: 1. Perform a throughout investigation of the endocrinological status 2. Measure the thickness of the endometrium with ultrasound 3. Histological examination 4. Careful follow up.
authors.affiliation: Fejér Megyei Szent György Kórház, Székesfehérvár, Szülészeti és Nógyógyászati Osztály.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orosz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molnár
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orosz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors