[Carcinoma of the cervical stump. Clinic analysis of 10 cases]

Ten cases of carcinoma of the cervical stumps from Jan. 1965 to Dec. 1990 were analysed. All of the patients received subtotal hysterectomy because majority of patients suffered from benign uterine tumors except one case of ovarian cystadenocarcinoma. The age range of the patients was 40-65 years old. The stump carcinoma was discovered 2-18 years later after primary operations. The average duration was 10.3 years. Only one patient died of 2 years after treatment, remaining patients have good health by surgical and radiotherapy. The authors emphasize that the key to prevent the cervical stump carcinoma is to avoid missing diagnoses of the precancerous lesion and cancer of the cervix, and to closely follow-up the patients with the stumps.