Kah Teik Chew

ORCID: 0000-0002-6542-386X · 7 papers in corpus
case-report 2025
The American journal of case reports ·doi:10.12659/ajcr.948923

BACKGROUND Leiomyoma is a benign gynecological neoplasm most commonly seen in the uterus, while primary ovarian leiomyomas are exceptionally uncommon. These tumors can grow to a large size and undergo degenerative changes, including infarct…

review 2025
Cancers ·doi:10.3390/cancers17010129

Endometrial cancer (EC) is a common gynaecological malignancy associated with metabolic dysfunctions such as obesity, diabetes and insulin resistance, as well as hormonal imbalances, particularly involving oestrogen and progesterone. These …

review 2023
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms24031973

Ovarian cancer is a lethal reproductive tumour affecting women worldwide. The advancement in presentation and occurrence of chemoresistance are the key factors for poor survival among ovarian cancer women. Surgical debulking was the mainsta…

case-report 2021
Hormone molecular biology and clinical investigation ·doi:10.1515/hmbci-2021-0025

OBJECTIVES: Endometrial cancer is the sixth most common cancer among women and recurrence of after 10 years is extremely rare. CASE PRESENTATION: We reported a comprehensive review of histopathology, investigations and treatment regarding …

review 2021
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics11030465

Ovarian cancer is the eighth-most common cause of death among women worldwide. In the absence of distinctive symptoms in the early stages, the majority of women are diagnosed in advanced stages of the disease. Surgical debulking and systemi…

case-report 2018
Hormone molecular biology and clinical investigation ·doi:10.1515/hmbci-2018-0011

Endometriotic cysts a common benign gynaecological disease in women of reproductive age. We report an unusual case of ruptured endometrioma associated with increased CA 19-9. A 27-year-old woman presented with an acute abdomenal adnexal mas…

case-report 2016
Hormone molecular biology and clinical investigation ·doi:10.1515/hmbci-2016-0017

Primary umbilical endometriosis (PUE) is a rare gynaecological disorder. A majority of the reported cases were treated with surgical excision as medical treatment had been found to be less successful. We reported a case of PUE successfully …