3 Cases of Low-grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma.

Koh, Sun Hwan; Song, Eun Seop; Kim, Se Ryun; Lee, Moon Hee; Kim, Woo Chul; Song, Yun Seob; Park, Jee Hyun; Im, Moon Whan; Lee, Byoung Ick; Lee, Woo Young

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2004;47(4):773-779.
Published online April 1, 2004.

3 Cases of Low-grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma.

Sun Hwan Koh, Eun Seop Song, Se Ryun Kim, Moon Hee Lee, Woo Chul Kim, Yun Seob Song, Jee Hyun Park, Moon Whan Im, Byoung Ick Lee, Woo Young Lee

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
²Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
³Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
⁴Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyong, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESS) of the myometrium compose just 0.2% of uterine malignant tumors. In terms of their cellular mitotic activities, they are named as low grade or high grade ESS. As low grade ESS are very rare, we would like to report our 3 cases with immunohistochemical stain method, treatment option as the disease progression and the brief review of literature.

Key Words: Low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS)