We present a case of extensive spread of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL)/cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3) with foci of invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in a premenopausal woman. Superficial spread of CIN3 and cervical SCC to the endometrium and/or fallopian tubes is rare, especially in countries with cervical cancer screening programs. Our case occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have been a major contributing factor to delayed detection and, consequently extensive spread.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Our objective was to assess clinical and pathological factors associated with a final diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma in patients with atypical endometrial hyperplasia with a particular emphasis on the grading of atypia.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective review over five years on patients (N = 97) who underwent hysterectomy for a diagnosis of atypical endometrial hyperplasia at a statewide public tertiary gynaecologic oncology centre. Clinical and pathological characteristics were obtained.
Mature cystic teratomas are the most common ovarian germ cell tumour and account for 10-20% of all ovarian neoplasms. Malignant transformation of mature cystic teratomas is rare and has an incidence rate of less than 1%. The most common malignancy are squamous cell carcinomas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVulval basal cell carcinomas (BCC) are an important differential diagnosis of painful, itchy vulval lesions, which can occur at all ages but commonly affect women in their senium. BCC tend to grow locally in an invasive and destructive pattern and seldom metastasize. Here we describe the rare case of inguinal metastasis in a 70-year-old woman with vulval BCC who was treated with radical hemivulvectomy, bilateral inguinal node sampling and adjuvant external beam radiotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 25-year-old patient treated for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) with natalizumab had a rapid progression of a low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion to a FIGO stage 1B1 squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix within 2 years. She was treated with radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy and subsequently developed a vault recurrence within 2 years. The recurrence was treated with definitive synchronous chemo-radiotherapy and she has been disease free for 7 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol
October 2018
This retrospective study was conducted to identify the incidence and characteristics associated with readmissions for surgical site infections following caesarean section in a tertiary hospital from 2012 to 2015. Of 6334 patients who underwent caesarean section, 165 (2.6%) were readmitted, most commonly for surgical site infection (25.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol
October 2016
Background: Fast track surgery (FTS) programs minimise the stress response after surgery and allow for enhanced recovery.
Aims: To document the frequency and incidence of adverse events in patients enrolled on a FTS program and to investigate factors associated with shorter length of stay and readmission to hospital.
Methods: A seven-year updated surgical audit of patients undergoing laparotomy for suspected or confirmed malignancy on a FTS program.