title: [Papillary adenofibroma of the uterus: fact or fancy? (author's transl)]].
abstract: This report deals with the morphological findings in the uterus of a 40 yrs old premenopausal woman, who complained of vaginal bleedings. Macroscopical and microscopical examinations revealed a hernia-like prolaps of a part of the wall of the tuba uterina across a hole in the myometrium of the fundus uteri. Vellios et al. (1973) describe a similar lesion but without paying attention to the prolaps of the tuba uterina into the cavum uteri. They interpretate the lesion as a papillary adenofibroma of the uterus and believe it to be the benign counterpart of the mixed mesodermal tumor of Müllerian duct origin. Based upon our histological findings we believe in a dysontogenetic or traumatic etiology of this rare lesion. The diagnosis of a papillary adenofibroma of the uterus therefore should only be made when the uterus and the adnexa in toto are available for histological examinations.
mesh_terms: D000232:Adenofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Das papilläre Adenofibrom des Uterus - fact or fancy?