EFFUSION IN THE UTERINE CAVITY AFTER RADIOTHERAPY FOR THE CERVIX CARCINOMA / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Some patients with cervix cancer occurred effusion in the uterine cavity after radiotherapy, 18 cases of them were given hysterectomy. 55.6 percent of the cases occured in 2 years after radiotherapy. The clinical manifestations were lower abdominal mass and pain. There were signs such as enlarged uterus or pelvic mass. It was found that the uterine body had malignancy in 16 cases and the cervix in 11 cases after operation. The causes of effusion were probably the adhension of upper vagina and cervix tube, secondary carcinoma and recurrence of cervix tumor. Therefore, these patients have to be treated actively, and prevention must be paid attention to.