Usefulness of pelvic lymphadenectomy in staging of ovarian dysgerminoma.

Objective: To determine the usefulness of pelvic lymphadenectomy in the staging of ovarian dysgerminoma.

Method: Patients with a histopathological diagnosis of ovarian dysgerminoma who were staged between January 1995 and December 2013 were retrospectively studied.

Results: We found 39 cases, the mean age was 23.

[Incidence of endometrial cancer in patients with biopsy specimens of endometrial hyperplasia].

Background: According to the Histopathological Registry of Malignant Neoplasms in Mexico, endometrial cancer ranks third gynecological cancers after cervical cancer and ovarian cancer. In 2003 represented 2.16% of all female cancers and in 2007 was the cause of 2.

[Third National Ovarian Consensus. 2011. Grupo de Investigación en Cáncer de Ovario y Tumores Ginecológicos de México "GICOM"].

Introduction: Ovarian cancer (OC) is the third most common gynecologic malignancy worldwide. Most of cases it is of epithelial origin. At the present time there is not a standardized screening method, which makes difficult the early diagnosis.

[Secondary peritonitis due to rupture of pyometra in cervical cancer].

Only 8 cases of spontaneous uterine rupture in untreated cervical cancer have been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 52-year-old female, who was admitted to the emergency room due to hypovolemic shock and signs of peritonitis. A 6x4x4 cm cervical tumor was detected at physical exam.