title: Small cell carcinoma of the uterine corpus manifesting with visual dysfunction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Small cell carcinoma in the uterine corpus rather than the endometrium has not been reported yet which resembles a uterine leiomyosarcoma on an imaging study. Furthermore, gynecologic malignancies manifested as a visual dysfunction render the early suspicion and accurate diagnosis a difficult proposition.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 57-year-old Korean woman was referred to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology due to incidentally detected uterine mass. She had been suffering from a visual loss for several weeks. This uterine mass mimicking a leiomyosarcoma on pelvis MRI was identified to be a small cell carcinoma via a transvaginal gun biopsy and consequent immunostaining. The patient was then scheduled to undergo a regimen of chemotherapy with etoposide and carboplatin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Small cell carcinoma may arise from the uterine corpus rather than the endometrium and may also be accompanied by visual symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Yang Chun-Ku, Seoul, Republic of Korea. goodmorning@ewha.ac.kr
authors.forename: Woong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: In Ae
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sun Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*