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Background: Endometrial cancer is rarely discovered incidentally during surgical management of a presumed benign condition. Observation: A 75-year-old postmenopausal patient presented with a large adnexal mass associated with an incidental finding of grade 1 endometrioid adenocarcinoma, limited to the endometrium.
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Discussion: This case illustrates the importance of comprehensive management by total hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy in postmenopausal women with giant adnexal masses, enabling the diagnosis and treatment of concomitant endometrial lesions.
Perspectives
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynaecological malignancy in industrialised countries, occurring mainly after menopause [1]. It is typically revealed by post-menopausal metrorrhagia, but incidental diagnoses during pelvic surgery for presumed benign pathology remain possible, although rare [2,3].
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This page is a summary of: Incidental Discovery of Endometrial Cancer: A Case Report, Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, February 2025, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jcrmh2600105.
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