Objective
To explore the predictive value of serum human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) marker in the preoperative prediction of the risk of advanced disease in the endometrioid subtype of endometrial cancer, and its association with poor prognostic factors. In addition, a cut‐off value of HE4 was defined to classify patients according to these results.
Methods
Prospective and multicenter cohort analytical pilot study of patients operated for endometrial cancer at the Miguel Servet University Hospital of Zaragoza (Spain) and the Complejo Universitario of León (Spain) from January 2017 to May 2019. Preoperative serum levels of HE4 were analyzed by clinical and pathologic characteristics.
Results
In all, 126 patients were included. A statistically significant association was found between the preoperative HE4 value and node involvement (P = 0.008), late‐stage disease (P = 0.003), high histologic grade (P = 0.007), deep myometrial invasion (P = 0.001), lymphovascular space invasion (P = 0.001), and other pathologic factors. In addition, an HE4 cut‐off value (156.4 pmol/L) has been determined to predict, preoperatively, which patients will present with early stage disease.
Conclusions
The preoperative marker HE4 is a useful tool in the preoperative study of patients with endometrial cancer as it relates to late‐stage disease as well as other prognostic factors in the endometrioid subtype of endometrial cancer.
RESUMENLos miomas uterinos son las tumoraciones genitales más frecuentes cuyo tratamiento más habitual es el quirúrgico. Actualmente existe un tratamiento médico eficaz para reducir su volumen y la clínica asociada que es el acetato de ulipristal (AU), que es un modulador selectivo de los receptores de la progesterona. A nivel endometrial puede ocasionar cambios histológicos que cuando son muy marcados plantean dudas diagnósticas. Se presenta el caso de una paciente con útero miomatoso sintomático bajo tratamiento con AU, la histología en las muestras de biopsia planteó el diagnóstico diferencial con adenocarcinoma de endometrio.
SUMMARYUterine fibroids are the most common genital tumors and the most common treatment is surgery. Actually there is an effective medical treatment to reduce its volume and the symptoms. It is ulipristal acetate (UA), a selective progesterone receptor modulator. In the endometrium it can cause some peculiar histological changes. We present a patient with symptomatic uterine fibroid with UA, and it was difficult to make differential diagnosis with endometrial cancer.
INTRODUCCIÓNLos miomas uterinos o leiomiomas son los tumores más comunes de la mujer. Son de naturaleza benigna, derivan del músculo liso y tienen dependencia hormonal. Aparecen frecuentemente en la perimenopausia, de tal manera que después de los 40 años una de cada dos mujeres tienen miomas. Cuando son sintomáticos causan sangrado uterino que puede secundariamente provocar anemia, dismenorrea, dolor pélvico y otra sintomatología por compresión como poliaquiuria o tenesmo rectal. Por todo ello los leiomiomas son causa de una merma en la calidad de vida de la mujer y por ello un motivo frecuente de consulta ginecológica (1,2).El tratamiento más habitual para los miomas sintomáticos sigue siendo hoy en día la cirugía, bien sea conservando el útero o realizando una histerectomía. Teniendo en cuenta su dependencia hormonal en ocasiones se utilizan los análogos de la GnRH como tratamiento preoperatorio para disminuir su volumen y mejorar la anemia de las pacientes, sin embargo, sus importantes efectos adversos hacen que su utilidad sea limitada.El acetato de ulipristal (AU) es un modulador REV CHIL OBSTET GINECOL 2016; 81(2): 113 -116
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.