Minimally invasive surgical approach for treatment of isolated endometrial cancer recurrence in an ultra-morbidly obese patient.
Herein is reported the first published case of an ultra-morbidly obese woman affected by an isolated pelvic recurrence of endometrial cancer, which was successfully treated via minimally invasive vaginal excision.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sapienza-University of Rome, Rome, Italy. violante.didonato@uniroma1.it
Violante
V
Di Donato
Giorgia
G
Perniola
Claudia
C
Marchetti
Elisa
E
Loprete
Caterina
C
De Medici
Terenzio
T
Boni
Pierluigi Benedetti
PB
Panici
D000368:Aged; D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome