Malignant extraovarian endometriosis: two case reports and review of the literature.
Two cases of adenocarcinoma arising in extraovarian endometriosis 19 and 8 years following abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy are described. Both patients presented with hydronephrosis. One had been on chronic estrogen therapy. The literature is reviewed in reference to frequency, tumor type, and sites of occurrence.
Brunson
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GL
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
Barclay
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DL
Sanders
M
M
Araoz
C A
CA
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D010052:Ovariectomy; D014513:Ureter / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery