Grade 2 endometrioid adenocarcinoma an sing from adenomyosis of the uterus report of a case
Articles > Article · 2010
Authors: Mert KAZANDI, B. Zeybek, Mustafa Coşan TEREK, O. Zekioglu, N. Ozdemir, K. Oztekin
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2010, vol 31, pp 719-721
Summary
Adenomyosis is defined by the presence of endometrial tissue (glands and stroma) within the myometrium and malignant trans formation of adenomyosis in premenopausal women with normal endometrium is extremely rare Adenocarcinoimas arising within adenomyosis need to be distinguished from endometrial carcinomas which arise from the cutopic endometrium then extend into preexisting adenomyosis of the uterine wall We report a case of grade 2 endometriold adenocarcinoma arising from an adenomytic focus in the uterus