Erschienen in:
01.01.2009 | Case Report
Long-term disease-free survival after hormonal therapy of a patient with recurrent low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma: a case report
verfasst von:
Özkan Alkasi, Ivo Meinhold-Heerlein, Rania Zaki, Peter Fasching, Nicolai Maass, Walter Jonat, Matthias W. Beckmann
Erschienen in:
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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Ausgabe 1/2009
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Abstract
Background
Approximately 50% of patients with low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) develop recurrent disease including mainly metastases of pelvis and lung. A solitary pulmonary metastasis of this disease is a rare phenomenon.
Case
After initial surgical treatment in 1990, a 28-year-old female developed solitary metastases of the lung in 1998 and 1999, which were surgically removed both times. The patient was then treated with goserelin for 2 years followed by anastrozole to date. She has since been disease-free.
Conclusions
This case report emphasizes the importance of long-term follow-up and initial surgical treatment of low-grade ESS and suggests systemic hormonal therapy in case of recurrence.