title: Mucinous endometrial carcinoma in a patient with previous ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma presenting some 18 years after initial bilateral ovariectomy: a case report.
abstract: The association of endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary and primary carcinoma of the endometrium is well recognised. These tumours are often synchronous in occurrence. Oestrogen stimulation is often postulated as a significant factor in the development of the endometrial carcinoma in such cases. We describe the case of a patient who developed a mucinous endometrial carcinoma 18 years after initial bilateral ovariectomy. The aetiology and pathogenesis of the uterine tumour is discussed.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Clinical Oncology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Beattie
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Livingstone
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cornbleet
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: McLaren
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D004967:Estrogens / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009215:Myometrium / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens