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Endometrial carcinoma in a gravid uterus: a case report and literature review.

Mayu ShiomiShinya MatsuzakiEiji KobayashiTakeya HaraSatoshi NakagawaTsuyoshi TakiuchiKazuya MimuraYutaka UedaTakuji TomimatsuTadashi Kimura
Published in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2019)
The present findings suggest that careful examination of a resected uterus is essential, even when surgery is performed for an obstetric indication. Our case is an extremely rare case of EC during pregnancy; the histopathological pattern was similar to that of typical EC, and no recurrence was noted. The high levels of estrogen and progesterone during pregnancy did not seem to promote tumor progression in our case.
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