Abdominal wall metastasis of uterine papillary serous carcinoma in a post-menopausal woman: a case report.
Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) is an aggressive form of endometrial cancer characterized by a high recurrence rate and poor prognosis. We report a case of a 58-year-old post-menopausal woman with an abdominal wall metastasis in stage IA UPSC. After surgical staging, she did not receive additional adjuvant therapy. An egg sized palpable mass developed in the right lower abdomen after 8 months. Both Abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET)-CT revealed a metastatic lesion in the abdominal wall. Hence, surgical excision was performed. The pathological findings showed metastatic UPSC with clear resection margin. After the diagnosis of UPSC metastasis in the abdominal wall, she received chemotherapy utilizing paclitaxel and carboplatin. After 3 years, no evidence of recurrence was found. Therefore, we suggest that even when UPSC is confined to the endometrium without lymph node metastasis and without lymphovascular invasion, chemotherapy should be considered as a postoperative adjuvant therapy.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Jung-Woo
JW
Park
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
Sung-Ook
SO
Hwang
Abdominal wall; Postmenopause; Uterine papillary serous carcinoma