Successful management of a young patient with endometroid ovarian carcinoma with positive immuno-histochemistry
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2025-07
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Medip Academy
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Ovarian cancer is overall a disease of postmenopausal women although, in about 12% of cases, it may develop during child bearing age. This estimate includes numerous women with borderline and non-epithelial tumours typically presenting during child bearing age group. Although there are several case reports of Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) at a young age, the exact age distribution of EAOC diagnosis is still not well- expounded. Presenting here with a young patient with ovarian malignancy with positive immuno-histochemistry for both oestrogen and progesterone receptor.
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Endometrioid ovarian carcinoma, Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer, Immunohistochemistry, Estrogen receptor, Radiological evaluation, Staging laparotomy
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Shetty C, Satia M, Bhadhwar V, Yelurkar N. Successful management of a young patient with endometroid ovarian carcinoma with positive immuno-histochemistry. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2025 Jul; 14(7): 2369-2372