Treatment of a case of primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma: is adjuvant hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy justified?

Publication

Treatment of a case of primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma: is adjuvant hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy justified?

Journal Paper/Review - Jul 1, 2002

Kessler Thomas M, Kessler Wolfgang, Neuweiler Jörg, Nachbur Bernhard H

Units

Pathologie

PubMed

12114915

Citation

Kessler T, Kessler W, Neuweiler J, Nachbur B. Treatment of a case of primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma: is adjuvant hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy justified?. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2002; 187:227-32.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2002; 187

Publication Date

Jul 1, 2002

Issn Print

0002-9378

Pages

227-32

Brief description/objective

OBJECTIVE: We present a case of primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma in a 38-year-old woman. STUDY DESIGN: The tumor was resected with a segment of adjacent descending colon. Five years after the operation, the patient is well, without evidence of recurring disease, based on clinical investigation and modern imaging techniques. RESULTS: In the light of the literature, it appears most likely that this rare tumor is caused by coelomic metaplasia. On the basis of the histopathologic findings in our case and the reports from the literature, we recommend radical tumor excision en bloc with all infiltrated adjacent structures. CONCLUSION: Added removal of unaffected uterus and adnexes makes young women infertile and climacteric and is not yet validated by long-term results.