title: Fibro-osteochondroma of the uterus.
abstract: A case of a uterine fibro-osteochondroma in a 61-year-old woman with postmenopausal bleeding was presented. Ultrasound revealed a calcified lesion in the posterior wall of the uterus and a hysterectomy was performed. Histopathologic examination showed a well-circumscribed triphasic tumor composed of peripheral lobules of mature hyaline cartilage and foci of trabecular bone with a core of loosely arranged fibroblast-like, spindle cells. This is the second reported case of fibro-osteochondroma, which has been described only in the uterus. Diagnosis requires thorough histopathologic examination to exclude metaplasia within a leiomyoma or uterine sarcoma. It is histologically benign and complete excision should be curative.
authors: Department of Cellular Pathology, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG, United Kingdom.
authors: Alan W H
authors: AW
authors: Bates
authors: Manisha
authors: M
authors: Ram
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology