Cutaneous endometriosis seems to be more common in women who have had a pelvic or abdominal operation and primary cutaneous endometriosis is very rare. In our hospital we experienced a 41-year-old woman who complained of the appearance at the umbilicus of a nodule and had not had operation. This nodule was responsible for recurrent pain and increasing in size and it was excised. Pathology findings revealed cutaneous endometriosis. So we present a case of primary cutaneous endometriosis with a brief review of literature.
Adult ; Endometriosis* ; Female ; Humans ; Pathology ; Umbilicus

In order to study the angiogenesis in endometriosis, the samples of eutopic and ectopic endometria from patients with endometriosis were quantitatively analyzed by color morphometric image system (CMIS) for vascular surface area, and by examining endometrial blood vessel for microvessel density (MVD). The results showed that within each menstrual phase the vascular surface area and MVD were significantly higher in ectopic endometria with endometriosis than those in eutopic endometria with endometriosis or normal endometrium (P < 0.05). It is concluded that angiogenesis might be involved in the development of endometriosis.
Endometriosis/etiology ; Endometriosis/*pathology ; Endometrium/*blood supply ; Menstrual Cycle ; *Neovascularization, Pathologic ; *Pelvis

Abdominal Wall/surgery* ; Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/surgery* ; Endometriosis/pathology* ; Humans

Pancreatic endometrial cyst is an extremely rare instance of ectopic endometriosis that was first described by Marchevsky in 1984(1)). A 21-yr-old woman with a history of epigastric pain and weight loss was found to have a cystic lesion in the pancreas on CT-scan. Under the tentative diagnosis of a pancreatic cystic neoplasm, partial pancreatectomy was performed. Histopathological examination of the specimen revealed cystic endometriosis. The clinicopathological features of the lesion are discussed and literature concerning this extremely rare lesion is reviewed.
Adult ; Choristoma/*pathology/surgery ; Endometriosis/*complications/pathology ; Female ; Human ; Pancreatectomy ; Pancreatic Cyst/*etiology/pathology/surgery

Adult ; Endometriosis ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Leiomyomatosis ; complications ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Peritoneal Neoplasms ; complications ; diagnosis ; pathology

Most of malignant tumors arising in ovarian and extraovarian endometriosis are carcinomas. Mixed mullerian tumor and endometrial stromal sarcoma arising in intestinal endometriosis are rarely described, but its clinicopathologic features have not been well characterized. Here we report a case of endometrial stromal sarcoma of the sigmoid colon arising in endometriosis with a review of six additional cases of endometrial stromal sarcoma arising in intestinal endometriosis found in English literatures. The patients ranged in age from 36 to 64 yr. Presenting symptoms were pain, bloody diarrhea, and tenesmus. Some patients had a previous history of endometriosis. Most of the tumors arose in the rectosigmoid colon. The histologic features were the same as their uterine counterpart. No death of disease had been reported. This rare tumor should not be confused with gastrointestinal stromal tumor clinically and histologically.
Endometriosis/*complications ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Sarcoma, Endometrial Stromal/*pathology ; Sigmoid Neoplasms/*pathology

Cytokines ; immunology ; Embolism ; immunology ; metabolism ; pathology ; Endometriosis ; immunology ; metabolism ; pathology ; Female ; Hormones ; metabolism ; Humans

Adult ; Cysts ; pathology ; surgery ; Endometriosis ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Stomach ; abnormalities ; surgery

Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/pathology* ; Carcinoma in Situ ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; China ; Endometriosis/pathology* ; Female ; Humans

Actins ; metabolism ; Adenocarcinoma ; pathology ; Adult ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Endometriosis ; pathology ; Epithelium ; pathology ; Female ; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ; pathology ; Hamartoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Muscle, Smooth ; pathology ; Stomach Diseases ; metabolism ; pathology