Title: Case Report on Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor, Endometrium with heterologous elements
Authors: Dr Akshita Mehta, Dr Sarita Asotra
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i11.21
Abstract
Malignat mixed mullerian tumor of endometrium also called carcinosarcoma. MMMT is a rare and aggressive form of cancer of uterus, the ovaries, the fallopian tubes and other parts of the body with malignant epithelial as well as mesenchymal component. We present a case of 70 year old post-menopausal women with complaints of post-menopausal bleeding and pain abdomen treated with hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy histopathologically diagnosed with Carcinosarcoma.
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