A case of clear cell carcinoma arising in extragonadal endometriosis.
Malignancy developing in extragonadal endometriosis is rare with the majority of cases being endometrioid adenocarcinomas. We present a 54-year-old woman who developed a clear cell carcinoma in her perineum, 25 years after excision of a perineal endometrioma in an episiotomy scar. Treatment involved radiotherapy and surgery, with a view to preserving vaginal function. Where benign extragonadal endometriosis occurs, the potential for malignant transformation persists even years after primary treatment.
Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
R. W.
RW
Todd
S.
S
Kehoe
J.
J
Gearty