BACKGROUND: We report a case of nonpuerperal uterine inversion associated with an immature teratoma of the uterus. CASE: An adolescent nullipara with prolonged vaginal bleeding, severe abdominal pain, symptomatic anemia, and a presumed diagnosis of retained products of conception was found to have a large mass in the vagina. Uterine inversion was diagnosed and corrected using the Haultain procedure. The inversion catalyst was found to be an immature teratoma of the uterus. CONCLUSION: Reproductive age women with the rare finding of nonpuerperal uterine inversion are likely to have a malignancy. However, uterine-sparing surgery to correct the inversion should be attempted in young women until final pathology is known.
BACKGROUND: We report a case of nonpuerperal uterine inversion associated with an immature teratoma of the uterus. CASE: An adolescent nullipara with prolonged vaginal bleeding, severe abdominal pain, symptomatic anemia, and a presumed diagnosis of retained products of conception was found to have a large mass in the vagina. Uterine inversion was diagnosed and corrected using the Haultain procedure. The inversion catalyst was found to be an immature teratoma of the uterus. CONCLUSION: Reproductive age women with the rare finding of nonpuerperal uterine inversion are likely to have a malignancy. However, uterine-sparing surgery to correct the inversion should be attempted in young women until final pathology is known.
Authors: Karla Teixeira Souza; Marcelo Vailati Negrão; Lucila Soares da Silva Rocha; Giovanni Di Favero; Samantha Cabral Severino da Costa; Maria Del Pilar Estevez Diz Journal: Rare Tumors Date: 2014-08-12
Authors: Thomas Newsom-Davis; Daniel Poulter; Rebecca Gray; Mohammed Ameen; Iain Lindsay; Kyriakos Papanikolaou; Simon Butler-Manuel; Timothy Christmas; Peter Townsend; Michael Seckl Journal: BMC Cancer Date: 2009-06-18 Impact factor: 4.430