Erschienen in:
04.04.2016 | JSAR
MR findings of Lynch syndrome-related uterine endometrial carcinoma: a case report
verfasst von:
Kiyoyuki Minamiguchi, Junko Takahama, Nagaaki Marugami, Aki Marugami, Masayo Haga, Megumi Takewa, Takahiro Itoh, Kimihiko Kichikawa, Tomoko Uchiyama
Erschienen in:
Abdominal Radiology
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Ausgabe 9/2016
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Abstract
A 41-year-old woman presented with atypical genital bleeding. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a polypoid mass from the lower uterine segment to cervical canal, approximately 32 mm in size. Additionally, a thickened sigmoid colon wall showing a markedly high signal intensity on diffusion-weighted imaging was observed. Barium enema and colonoscopy revealed a type I sigmoid colon cancer. Since this patient was relatively young and had multiple relatives with colon cancer, Lynch syndrome was suspected and proved by an immunohistochemical survey. Uterine endometrial carcinoma related to Lynch syndrome tends to occur in the lower uterine segment. Radiologists should be aware of this syndrome so that the correct diagnosis can be suggested in the imaging report.