Primary hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium with a high alphafetoprotein level
- Authors
- Hwang, J.H.; Song, S.H.; Kim, Y.H.; Shin, B.K.; Lee, J.K.; Lee, N.W.; Lee, K.W.
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Keywords
- Alphafetoprotein; Endometrium; Hepatoid adenocarcinoma
- Citation
- Scottish Medical Journal, v.56, no.2
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Scottish Medical Journal
- Volume
- 56
- Number
- 2
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/114668
- DOI
- 10.1258/smj.2011.011100
- ISSN
- 0036-9330
- Abstract
- Primary hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium is a rare tumour that is similar to hepatocellular carcinoma histologically. Here, a patient with primary hepatoid carcinoma of the endometrium with a high alphafetoprotein (AFP) level (90,508 ng/mL) is presented in a 75-year-old woman. The pelvic computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging suggested a submucosal leiomyoma with degeneration or endometrial hyperplasia. However, the endometrial biopsy revealed a primary hepatoid carcinoma of the endometrium. The patient underwent a staging laparotomy including a total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and lymph node sampling with pelvic cytology. The AFP level can be highly elevated in hepatoid carcinoma of the endometrium.
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