title: [Pure rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterine corpus: an exceptional tumor in postmenopausal women. Report on two cases].
abstract: Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) of the uterine corpus is rare in adult females. This tumor can be encountered in two distinct histopathological contexts: usually as a component of a malignant mixed mullerian tumor and exceptionally as a pure heterologous sarcoma. We report two cases of pure RMS of the uterine corpus occurring in postmenopausal women. The two patients suffered from vaginal bleeding and preoperative diagnosis was achieved in both cases. Both patients benefited from exploratory laparotomy, total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Both of them were free from the disease 15 months and 1 year respectively, after initial surgery. These two observations are worthy of publication because pure RMS of the uterine corpus is exceptional in postmenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, CHU Saint-Jacques, Besançon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Terzibachian
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramanah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Govyadovskiy
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Aouar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lassabe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Riethmuller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D017698:Postmenopause; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery