Endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary and endometriosis: the association in postmenopausal women.
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.
DePriest
P D
PD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40536.
Banks
E R
ER
Powell
D E
DE
van Nagell
J R
JR
Gallion
H H
HH
Puls
L E
LE
Hunter
J E
JE
Kryscio
R J
RJ
Royalty
M B
MB
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