title: Adenocarcinoma of the endometrium with psammoma bodies.
abstract: Two patients with endometrial carcinoma containing psammoma bodies are presented. The necessity of distinguishing this neoplasm from an ovarian carcinoma is stressed. The rarity of this finding and its histogenesis are discussed, and the literature on the subject is reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*