C57 CRITICAL CARE CASE REPORTS: HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY, RHEUMATOLOGY, AND IMMUNOLOGY: A Well-Travelled Uterine Sarcoma

Case Report: A 43-year-old female with history of morbid obesity and anemia secondary to fibroids was recently diagnosed with right ovarian vein thrombosis, treated with apixaban for 6 months, switched to lovenox due to further extension of perceived thrombus to the IVC on imaging. Discussion: Endom...

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Published in:American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2017-01, Vol.195
Main Authors: Sabharwal, A K, Arumugam Raajasekar, A K, Malhotra, I, Chitty, D W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fibroids
Health risk assessment
Hysterectomy
Sarcoma
Thromboembolism
Tumors
Uterine cancer
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Summary:Case Report: A 43-year-old female with history of morbid obesity and anemia secondary to fibroids was recently diagnosed with right ovarian vein thrombosis, treated with apixaban for 6 months, switched to lovenox due to further extension of perceived thrombus to the IVC on imaging. Discussion: Endometrial stromal cell sarcoma is a rare entity, comprising only 1% of all malignant uterine neoplasms (1). Because these malignancies mimic proliferative endometrium (2), the biopsy originally obtained from the uterine mass was initially classified as uterine leiomyoma.
ISSN:1073-449X
1535-4970