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Uterine ligament cancer

MedGen UID:
923070
•Concept ID:
C0864950
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: cancer of uterine ligament; malignant neoplasm of uterine ligament; Malignant Uterine Ligament Neoplasm; malignant uterine ligament neoplasm; tumour of the uterine ligament; uterine ligament cancer
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003612

Definition

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm that affects the broad or other uterine ligaments. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Deep pelvic infiltrating endometriosis: MRI consensus lexicon and compartment-based approach from the ENDOVALIRM group.
Rousset P, Florin M, Bharwani N, Touboul C, Monroc M, Golfier F, Nougaret S, Thomassin-Naggara I; ENDOVALIRM Group
Diagn Interv Imaging 2023 Mar;104(3):95-112. Epub 2022 Nov 14 doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2022.09.004. PMID: 36404224
Literature review with PGI guidelines for delineation of clinical target volume for intact carcinoma cervix.
Bansal A, Patel FD, Rai B, Gulia A, Dhanireddy B, Sharma SC
J Cancer Res Ther 2013 Oct-Dec;9(4):574-82. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.126450. PMID: 24518699
Childbirth and myoma treatment by uterine artery occlusion: do they share a common biology?
Burbank F
J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 2004 May;11(2):138-52. doi: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60189-2. PMID: 15200765

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Deep pelvic infiltrating endometriosis: MRI consensus lexicon and compartment-based approach from the ENDOVALIRM group.
Rousset P, Florin M, Bharwani N, Touboul C, Monroc M, Golfier F, Nougaret S, Thomassin-Naggara I; ENDOVALIRM Group
Diagn Interv Imaging 2023 Mar;104(3):95-112. Epub 2022 Nov 14 doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2022.09.004. PMID: 36404224
Surgical management of vaginal prolapse: current surgical concepts.
Murphy AM, Clark CB, Denisenko AA, D'Amico MJ, Vasavada SP
Can J Urol 2021 Aug;28(S2):22-26. PMID: 34453425
Literature review with PGI guidelines for delineation of clinical target volume for intact carcinoma cervix.
Bansal A, Patel FD, Rai B, Gulia A, Dhanireddy B, Sharma SC
J Cancer Res Ther 2013 Oct-Dec;9(4):574-82. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.126450. PMID: 24518699
Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms of soft tissue and gynecologic origin: a clinicopathologic study of 26 cases and review of the literature.
Folpe AL, Mentzel T, Lehr HA, Fisher C, Balzer BL, Weiss SW
Am J Surg Pathol 2005 Dec;29(12):1558-75. doi: 10.1097/01.pas.0000173232.22117.37. PMID: 16327428
Paraovarian cyst: MR imaging features.
Kishimoto K, Ito K, Awaya H, Matsunaga N, Outwater EK, Siegelman ES
Abdom Imaging 2002 Nov-Dec;27(6):685-9. doi: 10.1007/s00261-002-0014-6. PMID: 12395257

Diagnosis

Deep pelvic infiltrating endometriosis: MRI consensus lexicon and compartment-based approach from the ENDOVALIRM group.
Rousset P, Florin M, Bharwani N, Touboul C, Monroc M, Golfier F, Nougaret S, Thomassin-Naggara I; ENDOVALIRM Group
Diagn Interv Imaging 2023 Mar;104(3):95-112. Epub 2022 Nov 14 doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2022.09.004. PMID: 36404224
Ovarian inguinal hernia.
Prodromidou A, Machairas N, Garoufalia Z, Kostakis ID, Kyriakidis AV, Spartalis E, Sotiropoulos GC
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2020 Feb;102(2):75-83. Epub 2019 Nov 7 doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0137. PMID: 31696731Free PMC Article
Literature review with PGI guidelines for delineation of clinical target volume for intact carcinoma cervix.
Bansal A, Patel FD, Rai B, Gulia A, Dhanireddy B, Sharma SC
J Cancer Res Ther 2013 Oct-Dec;9(4):574-82. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.126450. PMID: 24518699
CT of inguinal canal lipomas and fat-containing inguinal hernias.
Fataar S
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2011 Oct;55(5):485-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02288.x. PMID: 22008167
Intraligamentary pregnancy.
Cordero DR, Adra A, Yasin S, O'Sullivan MJ
Obstet Gynecol Surv 1994 Mar;49(3):206-9. doi: 10.1097/00006254-199403000-00026. PMID: 8164915

Therapy

Surgical management of vaginal prolapse: current surgical concepts.
Murphy AM, Clark CB, Denisenko AA, D'Amico MJ, Vasavada SP
Can J Urol 2021 Aug;28(S2):22-26. PMID: 34453425
The Risk of Primary Uterine and Cervical Cancer After Hysteropexy.
Kurian R, Kirchhoff-Rowald A, Sahil S, Cheng AL, Wang X, Shepherd JP, Sutkin G
Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 2021 Mar 1;27(3):e493-e496. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001030. PMID: 33620910
Re-torsion of the ovaries.
Hyttel TE, Bak GS, Larsen SB, Løkkegaard EC
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2015 Mar;94(3):236-44. Epub 2014 Dec 11 doi: 10.1111/aogs.12542. PMID: 25412114
Bladder function after radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer.
Laterza RM, Sievert KD, de Ridder D, Vierhout ME, Haab F, Cardozo L, van Kerrebroeck P, Cruz F, Kelleher C, Chapple C, Espuña-Pons M, Koelbl H
Neurourol Urodyn 2015 Apr;34(4):309-15. Epub 2014 Feb 12 doi: 10.1002/nau.22570. PMID: 24519734
Vaginal route: a gynaecological route for much more than hysterectomy.
Sheth SS, Paghdiwalla KP, Hajari AR
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2011 Apr;25(2):115-32. Epub 2011 Feb 23 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2010.12.005. PMID: 21349773

Prognosis

Round ligament fibroid presenting as a huge pedunculated vulvar tumour.
Ishak MH, Jeffrey MJ, Ramli R, Abd Kadir NJ
BMJ Case Rep 2024 Dec 11;17(12) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2024-263125. PMID: 39663129
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the rectum: report of a case and review of the literature.
Kanazawa A, Fujii S, Godai TI, Ishibe A, Oshima T, Fukushima T, Ota M, Yukawa N, Rino Y, Imada T, Ito J, Nozawa A, Masuda M, Kunisaki C
World J Surg Oncol 2014 Jan 13;12:12. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-12-12. PMID: 24410788Free PMC Article
Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms of soft tissue and gynecologic origin: a clinicopathologic study of 26 cases and review of the literature.
Folpe AL, Mentzel T, Lehr HA, Fisher C, Balzer BL, Weiss SW
Am J Surg Pathol 2005 Dec;29(12):1558-75. doi: 10.1097/01.pas.0000173232.22117.37. PMID: 16327428
Intraligamentary pregnancy.
Cordero DR, Adra A, Yasin S, O'Sullivan MJ
Obstet Gynecol Surv 1994 Mar;49(3):206-9. doi: 10.1097/00006254-199403000-00026. PMID: 8164915
Pelvic endometriosis and ureteral obstruction.
Langmade CF
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1975 Jun 15;122(4):463-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(16)33538-4. PMID: 1146901

Clinical prediction guides

Laparoscopic Approach to Presacral Recurrence of Sacrococcygeal Teratoma.
Tei E, Hirakawa H, Mori M, Yamamoto Y, Sasaki A, Horie T, Watanabe T
Tokai J Exp Clin Med 2022 Sep 20;47(3):112-114. PMID: 36073281
Pseudotumoral Endometriotic Nodule.
Engels S, Nisolle M, Karampelas S
J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2021 Dec;28(12):1973-1974. Epub 2021 Jul 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2021.06.025. PMID: 34224873
Ovarian inguinal hernia.
Prodromidou A, Machairas N, Garoufalia Z, Kostakis ID, Kyriakidis AV, Spartalis E, Sotiropoulos GC
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2020 Feb;102(2):75-83. Epub 2019 Nov 7 doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0137. PMID: 31696731Free PMC Article
Re-torsion of the ovaries.
Hyttel TE, Bak GS, Larsen SB, Løkkegaard EC
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2015 Mar;94(3):236-44. Epub 2014 Dec 11 doi: 10.1111/aogs.12542. PMID: 25412114
Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms of soft tissue and gynecologic origin: a clinicopathologic study of 26 cases and review of the literature.
Folpe AL, Mentzel T, Lehr HA, Fisher C, Balzer BL, Weiss SW
Am J Surg Pathol 2005 Dec;29(12):1558-75. doi: 10.1097/01.pas.0000173232.22117.37. PMID: 16327428

Recent systematic reviews

Extragonadal teratomas in women and adolescent girls: A systematic review.
Kanneganti A, Bhadiraju P, Tong PSY
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2021 Jul;262:134-141. Epub 2021 May 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.05.005. PMID: 34022590
Ovarian inguinal hernia.
Prodromidou A, Machairas N, Garoufalia Z, Kostakis ID, Kyriakidis AV, Spartalis E, Sotiropoulos GC
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2020 Feb;102(2):75-83. Epub 2019 Nov 7 doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0137. PMID: 31696731Free PMC Article
Feasibility of sentinel lymph node mapping of the ovary: a systematic review.
Dell'Orto F, Laven P, Delle Marchette M, Lambrechts S, Kruitwagen R, Buda A
Int J Gynecol Cancer 2019 Sep;29(7):1209-1215. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2019-000606. PMID: 31474589
Treatment of neovaginal prolapse: case report and systematic review of the literature.
Neron M, Ferron G, Vieille P, Letouzey V, Fatton B, de Tayrac R
Int Urogynecol J 2017 Jan;28(1):41-47. Epub 2016 Apr 2 doi: 10.1007/s00192-016-3009-5. PMID: 27038991

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