{"title":"Carcinoma Endometrium Coexisting in Huge Procidentia.","authors":"Rajlaxmi Mundhra, Anupama Bahadur, Rashmi Rajput, Arvind Kumar","doi":"10.4103/jmh.jmh_205_23","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surgery remains the gold standard treatment for endometrial cancer. Vaginal approach is suitable for candidates with low risk for lymph node metastasis or in elderly females with extensive comorbidities, especially when surgery is done for palliative purpose only. We herein describe a case of cancer endometrium in huge procidentia, managed by vaginal hysterectomy followed by hormonal therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":37717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mid-life Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11321510/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Mid-life Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jmh.jmh_205_23","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/7/5 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Surgery remains the gold standard treatment for endometrial cancer. Vaginal approach is suitable for candidates with low risk for lymph node metastasis or in elderly females with extensive comorbidities, especially when surgery is done for palliative purpose only. We herein describe a case of cancer endometrium in huge procidentia, managed by vaginal hysterectomy followed by hormonal therapy.
期刊介绍:
Journal of mid-life health is the official journal of the Indian Menopause society published Quarterly in January, April, July and October. It is peer reviewed, scientific journal of mid-life health and its problems. It includes all aspects of mid-life health, preventive as well as curative. The journal publishes on subjects such as gynecology, neurology, geriatrics, psychiatry, endocrinology, urology, andrology, psychology, healthy ageing, cardiovascular health, bone health, quality of life etc. as relevant of men and women in their midlife. The Journal provides a visible platform to the researchers as well as clinicians to publish their experiences in this area thereby helping in the promotion of mid-life health leading to healthy ageing, growing need due to increasing life expectancy. The Editorial team has maintained high standards and published original research papers, case reports and review articles from the best of the best contributors both national & international, consistently so that now, it has become a great tool in the hands of menopause practitioners.