Fetal glial allograft in the endometrium: case report of a recurrent pseudo-tumor.
A 32 yr old woman presented with intermittent intermenstrual bleeding, 7 mths after a first trimester termination of pregnancy. Diagnostic curettages at that time and 5 mths subsequently, both produced voluminous curettings, composed of mature glial tissue. Symptoms did not abate and, at hysterectomy, a discrete nodule of endometrial gliomatosis 18 mm in diameter was found, partly sequestered in a mural defect associated with an old anterior lower segment cesarian section scar. The glial tissue was demonstrated to retain histological viability over an 8 mths period since the first diagnostic curettage and 15 mths since the presumed pregnancy of origin.
Russell
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Hampson and Associates, Westmead, NSW.
de Costa
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C
Yeoh
G
G
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D011247:Pregnancy