Five-year survival of a patient with primary endometrial squamous cell carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Primary endometrial squamous cell carcinoma (PESCC) is an uncommon entity, with fewer than 100 cases reported in the English literature. Survival data for PESCC are not well reported and a precise five-year survival rate for PESCC has not been determined. This study focuses on the five-year survival of a 61-year-old patient with PESCC and adds information to an area which is not well documented. The patient was treated by hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and assigned to FIGO stage lb. No adjuvant therapy was given. During the 60-month follow-up period, the patient remained free of disease. This outcome suggests that in the early stage of PESCC, surgical treatment alone is adequate to arrest the disease.

Endometrium; Squamous epithelium; Endometrial carcinoma; Primary endometrial squamous cell carcinoma; Follow-up

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