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Gastric adenocarcinoma diagnosed by endometrial curettage in cancer of unknown primary site

  • D.S. Lee1
  • D.W. Eom2
  • Y. Ahn1,*,

1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea

2Department of Pathology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo3754.2018 Vol.39,Issue 3,June 2018 pp.476-478

Published: 10 June 2018

*Corresponding Author(s): Y. Ahn E-mail: ephenixmed@gmail.com

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Abstract

The authors report a case of gastric adenocarcinoma diagnosed by endometrial random biopsy in a cancer of unknown primary site patient. Even if there are no vaginal bleeding episodes, endometrial hyperplastic lesions can be a diagnostic clue to find the extrapelvic metastasis to endometrium.


Keywords

Signet-ring cell carcinoma; Extra-pelvic metastasis to uterus; Endometrial curettage; Cancer of unknown primary site.

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D.S. Lee,D.W. Eom,Y. Ahn. Gastric adenocarcinoma diagnosed by endometrial curettage in cancer of unknown primary site. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2018. 39(3);476-478.

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https://www.ejgo.net/articles/10.12892/ejgo3754.2018

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