title: Endometriosis and other benign and malignant müllerian lesions in pelvic and extrapelvic organs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To conduct a retrospective study on case reports found in literature across the world on benign müllerian lesions of the urogenital tract and on cases of malignant transformation from müllerian duct remnants in order to better understand these rare anatomopathologic entities and to avoid overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed a number of case reports on benign and malignant müllerian lesions and compared the developments associated with endometriosis, endosalpingiosis and endocervicosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our sampling of case reports confirm the suggestion that both malignant neoplasms and benign müllerian lesions can arise in foci of endometriosis in both pelvic and extrapelvic sites.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The development of malignant tumors is a well-known complication of endometriosis and endosalpingiosis, but data about endocervicosis are unclear.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lambrinoudaki
authors.forename: Areti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Augoulea
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Creatsa
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vlachos
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Christodoulakos
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Papadias
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D010388:Pelvis; D012189:Retrospective Studies