creators_name: Prabhakaran, Rema creators_name: Sebastian, Paul creators_id: Nair RP creators_id: Sebastian P editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya type: journale datestamp: 2005-07-15 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:08 metadata_visibility: show title: Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Presenting As Puberty Menorrhagia ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Endometrial stromal sarcoma, puberty menorrhagia, sarcoma uterus abstract: Endometrial stromal sarcomas are rare uterine tumours usually seen in perimenopausal females. We report here a case of low grade malignant endometrial stromal sarcoma in an adolescent girl, presenting as puberty menorrhagia. She underwent total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and pelvic node sampling. She also received adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. She is disease free at completion of one year of follow-up. date: 2005-05 date_type: published publication: Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences volume: 4 number: 1 publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1.Koss LG, Spiro RH, Brunsching A. Endometrial stromal sarcoma. Surg. Gynecol. Obstet. 1985;121:531-537. 2.Norris HJ, Taylor HB. Mesenchymal tumours of the uterus : A clinical and pathological study of 53 endometrial stromal tumours. Cancer 1966;19:755-766. 3.Larson B, Silfersward C, Nilssom B et al. Endometrial stromal sarcoma of the uterus: A clinical and histopathological study. The radium hemmet series 1936-1981. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1990;35:239-249. 4.Mansi JL, Ramachandra S, Wiltshaw E et al. Case Report: endometrial stromal sarcomas. Gynecol Oncol 1990;36:113-118. 5.Gadduci A, Sartori E, Landoni F et al. Endometrial stromal sarcoma : Analysis of treatment failures and survival. Gynecol Oncol 1996;63:247-253. 6.Doolan JJ Jr. Endometrial sarcoma in a 14 year old girl. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1969;13:909. 7.Bellone F, Nicolo G, Remorgida V. A case of sarcoma arising from endometrial stroma in a 16 year old girl. Adolesc. Pediatr. Gynecol. 1990;3:212-216. 8.Weitmann HD, Kucera H, Knocke TH, Potter R. Surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy of endometrial stromal sarcoma. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2002 Jan 15;1140(2):44-9. 9.Chu MC, Mor G, Lim C, Zheng W, Parkash V, Schwortz P. Low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma : hormonal aspect. Gynecol oncol. 2003 Jul;90(1):170-6. 10.Peters WA III, Rivkin SE, Smith MR, Tesh DE. Cisplatin and Adriamycin combination chemotherapy for uterine stromal sarcomas and mixed mesodermal tumours. Gynecol oncol. 1989;34:323-327 citation: Prabhakaran Nair, Rema and Sebastian, Paul (2005) Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Presenting As Puberty Menorrhagia. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/4477/1/2005-1-7.pdf