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ArticleCase reports in obstetrics and gynecology2020

Uterine Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Ali Kord, Behnam Rabiee, Ismail Elbaz Younes, Karen L Xie

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Article in Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Uterine carcinosarcoma: Unraveling the role of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in progression and therapeutic potential.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ali KordDivision of Interventional Radiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1913-4087
Behnam RabieeDepartment of Radiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ismail Elbaz YounesDepartment of Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Karen L XieDepartment of Radiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1373-2975
Illinois College · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uterine carcinosarcomas are rare and extremely aggressive undifferentiated carcinomas which include both carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. A 52-year-old female presented with heavy irregular menstrual bleeding for several years and new right elbow pain and swelling. Ultrasound and computed tomography showed a large uterine mass with regional and distant metastatic lymphadenopathy and suspicious findings of osseous metastasis to the right elbow. A biopsy confirmed uterine carcinosarcoma, and the patient underwent chemotherapy and then surgical resection of the uterine mass with palliative radiotherapy of the right elbow. The postoperative imaging showed new metastasis, and the patient was scheduled to start on immunotherapy. Considering the highly invasive nature of uterine carcinosarcomas, timely detection of this cancer using characteristic imaging and pathology findings is of extreme importance to improve the patient's survival.

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PMID32884852
PMCPMC7455848
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