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Endometrial Cancer
Data on endometrial cancer discussed by researchers at Gyeongsang National University, Medical Department
November 13th, 2008
"Only three cases of endometrial carcinoma in women with possibly pure 45,X Turner syndrome without previous unopposed estrogen therapy have been reported. A 46-year-old single nulligravid woman with Turner syndrome phenotype, spontaneous menstruation, and well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the endometrium was diagnosed as having the 45,X karyotype from peripheral blood, skin, buccal cells, and endometrium, which was confirmed using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)," scientists writing in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research report. "Analysis of the ovarian tissue using FISH confirmed 45,X/46,XX mosaicism. Gonadal mosaicism may help to...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-13)
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