Endometriosis and other benign and malignant müllerian lesions in pelvic and extrapelvic organs.
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.
Lambrinoudaki
Irene
I
Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Augoulea
Areti
A
Creatsa
Maria
M
Vlachos
Nikolaos
N
Christodoulakos
George
G
Papadias
Constantinos
C
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