Prolapse and cervical carcinoma: a case study
Keywords:
pelvic organ prolapse, uterine prolapse, uterine neoplasmsAbstract
Introduction: cervical cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy worldwide, however, uterovaginal prolapse colligated to cervical carcinoma is not standardized and therapeutic strategies vary considerably among authors.Patient information: a 74-year-old postmenopausal patient with a history of arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus is presented. In addition to a long history of uterovaginal prolapse, with a history of multiparity. She was admitted with an injury related to pelvic organ prolapse, the patient was unable to describe the duration of her postmenopausal process, but reported that the prolapse began to protrude beyond the vagina for 6 months prior to presentation. Then, the patient began to notice vaginal bleeding, local pain, and fever. Biopsy of the cervical lesion confirmed a moderately differentiated infiltrating epidermoid carcinoma of the exocervix.
Conclusions: pelvic organ prolapse is a disease that occurs more frequently in elderly women, mainly associated with increasing age, obesity and high parity, one of its main complications is cervical carcinoma. Generally, women who present this disease need procedures such as primary surgery with adjuvant therapy, radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
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