title: Endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary and endometriosis: the association in postmenopausal women.
abstract: Histologic material from 42 patients with endometrioid carcinomas of the ovary was reviewed. Ovarian endometriosis was present in 11 cases (26%) and 8 of these patients were postmenopausal. The exact site of transition from benign to malignant epithelium was observed in 4 cases. The clinical characteristics of patients with associated endometriosis were not significantly different from those without this finding except that endometriosis was present only in patients with Grade 1 or Grade 2 carcinomas. These data suggest that ovarian endometriosis in the postmenopausal patient has the potential to undergo malignant transformation and, when detected, should be removed surgically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40536.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: DePriest
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: van Nagell
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Gallion
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Puls
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kryscio
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Royalty
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology