Prolapse and carcinoma of thecervix: a case study (Original)

Abstract

The article presents the essential elements of a clinical case of a 74-year-old postmenopausal patient with cervical cancer and a history of arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In addition to a long history of uterovaginal prolapse, pregnant 4, for 4 births. Admitted with a lesion on a prolapsed uterus, the patient was unable to describe the duration of her prolapse, but reported that the prolapse began to protrude beyond the vagina for 6 months prior to presentation. The patient then began to notice vaginal bleeding, local pain, and fever. The biopsy of the cervical lesion confirmed a moderately differentiated infiltrating squamous cell carcinoma of the exoneck. The aim of this article is to describe uterovaginal prolapse associated with cervical carcinoma through a case study. Cervical cancer is recognized as the most common gynecologic malignancy worldwide, however, uterovaginal prolapse associated with cervical carcinoma is not standardized and therapeutic strategies vary considerably among authors.