Adenocarcinoma Arising in Adenomyosis.
- Author:
Young Il YANG
;
In Sook LIM
;
Jong Eun JOO
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Adenocarcinoma;
Atypical hyperplasia;
Adenomyosis;
Uterus
- MeSH:
Female;
Humans;
Adenocarcinoma
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1995;29(2):272-274
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Adenocarcinoma in adenomyosis is unusual and it is mostly associated with adenocarcinoma in the endometrial mucosa. In contrast, adenocarcinoma arising in adenomyosis without endometrial adenocarcinoma is extremely rare and it suggests that it arises de novo from adenomyosis. We report a case of adenocarcinoma arising in adenomyosis in 44-year-old woman. The endometrial cavity contained a polypoid lesion with atypical hyperplasia, but no evidence of adenocarcinoma in the endometrial mucosa. Simple, complex and atypical hyperplasia associated with well differentiated adenocarcinoma was also noted in the areas of adenomyosis.
