Kang Dong Oh, Choi Sue In, Oh Jee Youn, Sim Jae Kyeom, Choi Jong Hyun, Choo Ji Yung, Hwang Jin Wook, Lee Seung Heon, Lee Ju-Han, Lee Ki Yeol, Shin Chol, Kim Je Hyeong
Division of Pulmonology, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan, Korea.
Department of Radiology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan, Korea.
Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul). 2014 Mar;76(3):131-5. doi: 10.4046/trd.2014.76.3.131. Epub 2014 Mar 29.
Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is an uncommon gynecologic malignancy of mesodermal origin. Pulmonary metastasis of low-grade ESS can occur years and decades after the treatment of the primary disease. Low-grade ESS is frequently mistaken as benign uterine neoplasm like uterine leiomyoma, which can potentially lead to a misdiagnosis. We present a case of a 42-year-old woman with low-grade ESS, that initially presented as an incidental lung mass with multiple pulmonary nodules, seven years after an uterine myomectomy. A 6.9×5.8 cm-sized intrapelvic mass suspected of uterine origin was discovered while searching for potential extrathoracic primary origin. A pelviscopy and simultaneous thoracoscopic lung biopsy were conducted for pathologic diagnosis. Finally, the diagnosis was confirmed as low-grade ESS with lung metastasis based on the histopathologic examination with immunohistochemical stain, which was showed positive for CD10 and hormone receptor markers (estrogen and progesterone receptors) in both pelvic and lung specimens.
低级别子宫内膜间质肉瘤(ESS)是一种罕见的中胚层起源的妇科恶性肿瘤。低级别ESS的肺转移可发生在原发性疾病治疗后的数年甚至数十年后。低级别ESS常被误诊为良性子宫肿瘤,如子宫平滑肌瘤,这可能导致误诊。我们报告一例42岁患有低级别ESS的女性病例,该患者最初表现为偶然发现的肺部肿块及多个肺结节,这是在子宫肌瘤切除术后7年出现的。在寻找潜在的胸外原发灶时,发现了一个6.9×5.8 cm大小、怀疑起源于子宫的盆腔肿块。进行了盆腔镜检查及同期胸腔镜肺活检以明确病理诊断。最后,根据组织病理学检查及免疫组化染色,确诊为低级别ESS伴肺转移,盆腔和肺部标本中CD10及激素受体标志物(雌激素和孕激素受体)均呈阳性。