Small cell carcinoma of the endometrium: report of three cases and literature review

Abstract

Although the prognosis of small cell carcinoma of endometrium is poor, early detection of this disease may contribute to an improved prognosis.

Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium: A clinicopathologic study of six cases

“…The average patient age at the time of diagnosis has been reported to be 60 years old, which is 10 years older than the age for endometrial adenocarcinoma [9]. Endometrial small cell carcinoma, a rare neuroendocrine tumor, tends to develop in women with parity greater than two and presents with vaginal bleeding as the most common symptom.…”

“…The FIGO stage of the disease is the most important prognostic factor [3]. In a literature review, Katahira et al [9] found that only 23% (3/13) of the patients with stage I disease died of the disease within 5 years. By contrast, 73% (17/22) of patients with stages IIeIV disease died within 2 years of diagnosis.…”

Small Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix: Clinical Outcome of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy with a Multidrug Regimen

“…Histopathologic diagnosis was based on morphologic criteria following hematoxylin-eosin (H-E) staining (Albores-Saavedra et al 1997;Ishida et al 2004;Katahira et al 2004 (Chang et al 1999). This study to analyze the case series was approved as a retrospective study by our institutional review board.…”

Small-cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium Presenting as Cushing's Syndrome

“…it has been reported that both SCC and endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium express vimentin [1,8,9]. in contrast, vimentin is expressed in adenocarcinoma of the lung, but not in SCC of the lung [10].…”