MR appearance of endometrial carcinoma and mucinous cystadenoma in a postmenopausal patient treated with tamoxifen for breast cancer.
We present a case of endometrial carcinoma accompanied with mucinous cystadenoma in a 70-year-old postmenopausal woman treated with tamoxifen for breast cancer demonstrated by MR imaging. Tamoxifen therapy (20 mg/day) had been carried out for more than 11 years since the surgical procedure for the primary tumor. MR images showed a markedly enlarged uterus containing endometrial carcinoma, cystic atrophy of the endometrium, and a right adnexal mass with multicystic components of various signal intensities.
Joja
I
I
Department of Radiology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Asakawa
T
T
Ando
Y
Y
Shiraiwa
M
M
Shibutani
O
O
Akaki
S
S
Kuroda
M
M
Mizutani
Y
Y
Kudo
T
T
Hiraki
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003287:Contrast Media; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology; D017698:Postmenopause; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
D003287:Contrast Media; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D013629:Tamoxifen; C064925:gadodiamide; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA