Uterine Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Pubmed



Aminimoghaddam S^{1, 4} ; Seifirad S² ; Abbasi Dezfouli G^{1, 4} ; Abbasi N^{1, 4} ; Zare Mehrjardi A³ ; Razavi SM^{1, 4} ; Mahmoudzadeh F⁵
Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine Published:2015

Abstract

Primitive neuroectodermal tumors are fairly rare in uterus. A case of uterine body primitive neuroectodermal tumor in a 32-year-old Iranian woman is presented. The patient was admitted with abdominal pain and fever and underwent emergency exploratory surgery with total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and pelvic lymph node dissection. Posterior wall of the uterus was necrotic and ruptured and a huge tumor disrupted the uterine body. The tumor was strongly positive for CD99, NSE, and chromogranin; No reaction was seen for CD10, CD45 and myogenin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a uterine body primitive neuroectodermal tumor and the second report of uterine primitive neuroectodermal tumor from Iran. © 2015 Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran. All rights reserved.