Pub Date : 2025-11-14DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2025.101991
Oriana Krivenko, Jenna Scott Powers, Connor C. Wang, Olivia W. Foley, Emily Hinchcliff, Emma Barber, Dario Roque
Background
Mirvetuximab soravtansine (MIRV) is an antibody–drug conjugate (ADC) approved for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. We report the first known case of total epidermal necrosis secondary to MIRV extravasation, representing an unreported adverse event.
Case
A 74-year-old woman with recurrent high-grade serous carcinoma of the peritoneum who developed extensive soft tissue injury following peripheral intravenous extravasation of MIRV. Despite immediate cessation of the MIRV infusion and conservative management, the patient developed progressive cutaneous toxicity, including full-thickness epidermal necrosis, requiring an 18-day hospitalization and wound care at a regional burn center. No surgical intervention was required. Management included topical therapies, reduced dressing changes, systemic antibiotics, and vitamin D3. Following discharge, a central venous access device was placed, and she completed subsequent MIRV cycles without further complications.
Conclusion
This case underscores the potential for severe soft tissue injury from MIRV extravasation, despite its lack of vesicant labeling. Contributing factors may include the instability of its disulfide linker and the cytotoxicity of the DM4 payload. As MIRV and other ADCs become more widely used in clinical settings, establishing clear protocols for recognizing and managing extravasation is essential. Central venous access and standardized documentation may mitigate risk. Increased awareness and reporting are needed to inform clinical guidelines and ensure safe administration of ADC therapies.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-13DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2025.101990
Shannon Zhou , Julie Szczygielski , Boris Winterhoff , Jordan Mattson
Background
Paraneoplastic syndromes are associated with 10% of ovarian cancers. Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), which can present with vision changes, paraplegia, vomiting, and/or intractable hiccups, are rarely associated with ovarian cancers. We present the first recorded case of NMOSD in the setting of malignant immature ovarian teratoma, with concurrent leptomeningeal carcinomatosis contributing to clinical presentation.
Case
We describe a 27-year-old patient with Stage IVB Immature Ovarian Teratoma complicated by leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, who initially presented with intractable hiccups, nausea, and vomiting, and eventually developed attenuated vision. Neurological workup revealed AQP4-IgG antibodies, suggesting neuromyelitis optica (NMO) as a paraneoplastic syndrome (PNS). The patient’s cancer was treated with tumor resection, BEP (bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin) therapy, maintenance bevacizumab, and brain radiation. While symptoms suspicious for NMO presented early on, it was not until after tumor resection and the development of double vision that NMO was diagnosed. NMO was promptly treated with plasma exchange and high dose steroids. While therapies did lead to disease stabilization, she was left with residual neurologic deficits requiring gait assistance.
Conclusion
Early symptoms such as intractable hiccups, nausea, or vomiting may precede optic neuritis or myelitis and serve as initial warning signs of NMOSD. Clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion and low threshold for neurology consultation and AQP4-IgG antibody titers, especially when neurologic symptoms are not fully explained by metastatic disease.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-08DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2025.101986
Nora Badiner , Laurel Guthrie , Emily Stevenson , Andrew Folkerts , Joseph Mkandawire , Roslyn YX Ghui , Cassandra Graybill , Ryan Hayton , Moses Kasumba , Linda Hong , Sharon Lum , Mark Reeves , Yevgeniya Ioffe
Introduction
Malawi has the second-highest incidence and highest cervical cancer-attributed mortality worldwide. National HIV prevalence is 7.7%. Malawi implemented the Cervical Cancer Control Plan in 1999. We conducted an exploratory study of a non-government, hospital-based cervical cancer screening program established in the Southern Region.
Methods
We performed a retrospective review of outcomes from a cervical cancer screening program at a 275-bed rural mission hospital from 1/2016 – 12/2021. Female patients 18 years and older presenting for cervical cancer screening were included. Outcomes included trends in screening modality, return screening rates, abnormal screening rates, and the COVID pandemic impact. Data abstracted included demographics, HIV status, screening modality, and follow-up information.
Results
15,432 patients were screened for cervical cancer during the study period, with an overall increase in annual number of patients screened, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Screening was initially performed via Pap testing; Visual inspection with acetic acid became the most common screening modality in 2019 (69.4%).
HIV prevalence among screened patients increased over the study period to 82.0% in 2021 and was higher among return screening patients (89.0%). 4.3% of HIV-negative and 7.2% of HIV-positive women demonstrated abnormal screening results.
Conclusion
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of patients screened for cervical cancer annually increased over the study period. HIV prevalence in this study was much higher than the national prevalence. These results emphasize the successful collaboration between a national program, private hospital, and HIV treatment centers, and highlight the need to increase screening among healthy women in the community.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-07DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2025.101978
Elizabeth R. Smith , Isaac R.L. Xu , Kathy Qi Cai , Sophia H.L. George , Matthew P. Schlumbrecht , Tian-Li Wang , Ie-Ming Shih , Xiang-Xi Xu
Objective
Although paclitaxel is widely used to treat several solid cancers, the initial response rate in ovarian cancer is ∼60 %, but only ∼30 % in recurrent ovarian cancer. The basis of resistance remains poorly understood, and predictive biomarkers are currently unavailable. Nuclear Lamin A/C proteins determine the sturdiness of the nuclear envelope and were suggested to influence the sensitivity of the malignant cells to undergo paclitaxel-induced micronucleation and cell death. The relationship between Lamin A/C expression in ovarian cancer tissues and progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in advanced ovarian cancer patients, most of whom had been treated at least once with platinum and taxane, was investigated.
Methods
Ovarian cancer samples in tumor microarrays were immunostained for Lamin A/C and analyzed for Lamin A/C expression in tumor cells. On the basis of this expression, tumors were stratified as either Lamin A/C-low or Lamin A/C-high. Overall survival and PFS were assessed using Kaplan-Meier plots.
Results
Both age and Lamin A/C expression correlate with OS, where older (> 60 years) and higher Lamin A/C expression aligned with lower survival. Lamin A/C expression was a predictor of OS independently of age. The median OS for the Lamin A/C-low group was 58 months versus 34.5 months for the high-expression group.
Conclusions
A significant correlation was found between Lamin A/C expression and OS, which implies that strong, widespread Lamin A/C expression in primary tumor tissues may be a predictive marker for paclitaxel sensitivity and thus survival, supporting a proposed paclitaxel mechanism in inducing micronucleation of cancer cells.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-07DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2025.101980
Atieh Karimzadeh , Ali Kazemi Abadi , Hani Ghadri , Sevil Hakimi , Leila Allahqoli , Veronika Günther , Afrooz Mazidimoradi , Hamid Salehiniya , Antonio Simone Laganà , Ibrahim Alkatout
Background
Endometrial cancer (EC) is a prevalent gynecologic malignancy associated with escalating mortality rates. Surgical interventions continue to be the primary treatment modality for EC, with a growing utilization of minimally invasive surgeries (MIS) such as robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) and conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS). Given the technical advantages of RALS, this study aimed to compare the surgical outcomes of RALS and CLS in the management of EC.
Methods
A systematic search was conducted on three electronic databases, namely PubMed, Scopus, and ISI Web of Science, up to June 2024 with no date restriction. Randomized controlled trials and cohort studies that compared surgical outcomes, intraoperative parameters, and short-term postoperative outcomes between RALS and CLS in women with EC were included in the analysis. Data on age, body mass index (BMI)kg/m2, dissected lymph nodes, operative time, estimated blood loss, intraoperative complications (conversion rate to laparotomy and injuries), and short-term postoperative outcomes (length of hospital stay and complications) in both groups were collected and analyzed using R software (version 4.2.3). Weighted mean and standardized mean differences (SMDs) with 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were used for continuous outcomes, while binary outcomes were analyzed using pooled odds ratios (ORs) with 95 % CIs using random-effects models. The risk of bias in the included studies was assessed.
Results
Sixteen studies with 2,725 patients were included. RALS was associated with longer operative time (170.0 vs. 152.6 min; SMD = 0.5) but lower blood loss (109.1 vs. 180.1 mL; SMD = −0.66), fewer conversions to laparotomy (OR = 0.29), reduced intraoperative injuries (OR = 0.32), and shorter hospital stay (2.91 vs. 3.36 days; SMD = −0.4) compared to CLS. However, postoperative complications were more frequent with RALS (OR = 1.8). Most studies had methodological limitations, with over 70 % rated as “poor,” and substantial heterogeneity was observed.
Conclusion
RALS provides specific advantages over CLS, including reduced blood loss, fewer conversions, and shorter hospitalization, but it is associated with longer operative time and higher postoperative complication rates. Results may primarily reflect outcomes from high-volume or experienced surgeons, limiting generalizability. Further high-quality prospective studies, including detailed patient-level and surgeon experience data, are needed to clarify the relative benefits, cost-effectiveness, and long-term outcomes of RALS versus CLS.
背景子宫内膜癌（EC）是一种常见的妇科恶性肿瘤，死亡率不断上升。手术干预仍然是EC的主要治疗方式，微创手术（MIS）如机器人辅助腹腔镜手术（RALS）和传统腹腔镜手术（CLS）的应用越来越多。鉴于RALS的技术优势，本研究旨在比较RALS和CLS治疗EC的手术效果。方法系统检索PubMed、Scopus和ISI Web of Science三个电子数据库，检索截止日期为2024年6月，无日期限制。随机对照试验和队列研究比较了EC患者RALS和CLS的手术结果、术中参数和短期术后结果。收集两组患者的年龄、体重指数（BMI）kg/m2、清扫淋巴结、手术时间、预估出血量、术中并发症（开腹转复率和损伤）、术后短期结局（住院时间和并发症）等数据，采用R软件（4.2.3版）进行分析。连续结局采用95%置信区间（ci）的加权平均和标准化平均差异（SMDs），而二元结局采用95% ci的合并优势比（ORs），采用随机效应模型进行分析。对纳入研究的偏倚风险进行评估。结果纳入16项研究，2725例患者。与CLS相比，RALS与更长的手术时间（170.0 vs. 152.6 min; SMD = 0.5）、更低的出血量（109.1 vs. 180.1 mL; SMD = - 0.66）、更少的剖腹手术（OR = 0.29）、更少的术中损伤（OR = 0.32）和更短的住院时间（2.91 vs. 3.36天；SMD = - 0.4）相关。然而，RALS患者术后并发症发生率更高（OR = 1.8）。大多数研究都有方法学上的局限性，超过70%的研究被评为“差”，并且观察到大量的异质性。结论rals与CLS相比具有明显的优势，包括出血量减少、转诊次数少、住院时间短，但手术时间较长，术后并发症发生率较高。结果可能主要反映高容量或经验丰富的外科医生的结果，限制了通用性。需要进一步的高质量前瞻性研究，包括详细的患者水平和外科医生经验数据，以阐明RALS与CLS的相对益处、成本效益和长期结果。
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Pub Date : 2025-11-07DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2025.101988
Délya Valcourt-Gendron , Basile Tessier-Cloutier , Xing Zeng , Reitan Ribeiro , Shuk On Annie Leung , Victoria Mandilaras , Lili Fu , Tuyet Nhung Ton Ton Nu , Lara Richer , Lucy Gilbert , Laurence Bernard
Background
Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (LG-ESS) is the most common type of endometrial stromal malignancy, yet treatment options are limited, particularly in advanced or recurrent cases that are resistant to hormonal therapy.
Case Presentation
We describe a 48-year-old patient with recurrent stage IVB LG-ESS who was treated with a combination of doxorubicin and trabectedin, followed by trabectedin maintenance; a protocol extrapolated from leiomyosarcoma treatment. Following failure to hormonal therapy, this regimen demonstrated disease stabilization, particularly in pelvic metastases.
Conclusion
Our results highlight the potential role of this chemotherapy combination in hormonal therapy-resistant LG-ESS, a malignancy with limited systemic therapeutic options. This is the first reported case of LG-ESS achieving prolonged stable disease with doxorubicin-trabectedin therapy and trabectedin maintenance. Given the manageable toxicity profile and encouraging tumor control, further studies should explore its potential role in LG-ESS management.
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Low-grade endometrial stroma sarcoma is a very rare mesenchymal neoplasm, that is usually found inside the uterine corpus. It is very uncommon that LG-ESS arises from extrauterine foci.
Case presentation
We report the case of a 31-year-old patient diagnosed with extrauterine LG-ESS arising from deep infiltrating endometriosis. Primary symptoms, diagnostic workflow, operating method, and the outcome will be described, as well as a short review of the current literature about the optimal treatment for young LG-ESS patients within the reproductive window.
Conclusions
Long-term surveillance is imperative for patients with LG-ESS given the potential for late recurrences. Although extrauterine LG-ESS represents an exceedingly rare gynecologic malignancy, establishing standardized treatment approaches is critical to optimize therapeutic efficacy and improve patient outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2025.101984
Amaya Martinez Mesa , Alexandra Diggs , Leslie H. Clark
Background
Polycythemia is a rare paraneoplastic phenomenon associated with benign and malignant tumors, including uterine leiomyomas. Few cases of secondary erythrocytosis due to erythropoietin (EPO)-producing fibroids have been reported. Tumor resection is the mainstay of treatment for paraneoplastic polycythemia.
Case
We describe a 44-year-old woman who presented with a large uterine mass and elevated hemoglobin and hematocrit. Evaluation included elevated serum EPO level. She underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and lymphadenectomy for bulky adenopathy. Final histopathology confirmed a benign leiomyoma. Following surgery, HGB level normalized.
Conclusion
Although uncommon, EPO-secreting uterine fibroids should be considered in the differential for erythrocytosis, particularly when other causes are not evident.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-03DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2025.101983
Michelle Greenman , Yasmin Abozenah , Yifang Eva Pan , Elena S. Ratner , Gary Altwerger
BackgroundHyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has emerged as an effective adjuvant therapy to cytoreductive surgery in recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer. However, platinum hypersensitivity poses a significant barrier in the platinum-sensitive setting. While intravenous desensitization protocols for platinum hypersensitive patients are standard of care, strategies for safe delivery of platinum agents during HIPEC remain unclear.
Case PresentationWe report a 45-year-old woman with high-grade serous carcinoma of the fallopian tube who initially underwent primary cytoreduction followed by adjuvant carboplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapy and PARP inhibitor maintenance. She subsequently developed platinum-sensitive recurrence and was retreated with carboplatin-paclitaxel but experienced a severe hypersensitivity reaction at the 12th total cycle, requiring epinephrine. Given her platinum-sensitive disease and isolated recurrence, she was considered for secondary cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC. A multidisciplinary team created a modified cisplatin desensitization strategy derived from our previous established institution four step carboplatin desensitization regimen, with pre-medications and a stepwise intraperitoneal perfusion protocol with escalating cisplatin concentrations over 90 min for delivery during HIPEC. The patient tolerated the procedure well and recovered uneventfully. She was discharged on postoperative day six.
Conclusion
This case, to our knowledge, is the first reported in gynecologic oncology to demonstrate the feasibility of safely delivering HIPEC with cisplatin in a patient with prior carboplatin hypersensitivity. As HIPEC adoption expands in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer, platinum hypersensitivity will become an increasing challenge. This report underscores the need for further study of intraperitoneal desensitization strategies and cross-reactivity risks, offering a potential for extending HIPEC to patients with platinum hypersensitivity.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-03DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2025.101982
Kayla Paulosky , Pegah Blustein , Amanda Fader , Matthew Jacob Lankiewicz , Samuel M. Law , Emily MacArthur
Acquired aplastic anemia may rarely present as a paraneoplastic syndrome primarily associated with thymomas and lymphoma. We describe the first case, to our knowledge, of paraneoplastic aplastic anemia secondary to high-grade serous primary peritoneal carcinoma (PPC). A 63-year-old female with a pathogenic germline BRCA1 mutation was found to have pancytopenia at the time of PPC diagnosis. She received granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF), thrombopoietin (TPO) mimetic, and immunosuppressive therapy with prednisone prior to primary cytoreductive surgery to no apparent gross residual disease. Stage IIIC2 PPC was confirmed on pathology. Her post-operative course was complicated by a large bowel anastomotic leak and sepsis in the setting of neutropenia. Persistent pancytopenia led to the diagnosis of severe aplastic anemia on serial bone marrow biopsies. She was treated with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine and subsequently received adjuvant chemotherapy with weekly cisplatin and subsequent addition of weekly paclitaxel, resulting in reduction in her serum Cancer Antigen-125 (CA-125) and no radiographic evidence of disease. Despite initial response, her clinical deterioration and her decision to forego further cancer- or aplastic anemia-directed therapy resulted in transition to home hospice care, and she was discharged 119 days after admission. This case report highlights the importance of multi-disciplinary collaboration to manage the medical complexities of paraneoplastic aplastic anemia secondary to a gynecologic malignancy.
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