title: [A case of Müllerian adenosarcoma of the uterus].
abstract: A case of Müllerian adenosarcoma of the uterus is reported. This is a low-grade malignant tumor situated between fibroadenomas and carcinosarcomas in the mixed mesodermal tumors. A 69-year-old woman complaining of an abdominal mass, underwent surgical resection of a tumor of the uterus. The tumor was divided into two parts, i.e. polypoid tumor in the endometrial cavity and nodular tumor in the myometrium. The 2 tumor types showed continuity. Microscopically, it was a so-called mixed tumor consisting of a glandular element of benign epithelial cells and an undifferentiated sarcoma; it was diagnosed as adenosarcoma.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology