ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA ARISING FROM ENDOMETRIOSIS OF THE SIGMOID COLON DURING ESTROGENIC TREATMENT

Authors
DUUN S ROEDPETERSEN K MICHELSEN JW
Citation
S. Duun et al., ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA ARISING FROM ENDOMETRIOSIS OF THE SIGMOID COLON DURING ESTROGENIC TREATMENT, Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 72(8), 1993, pp. 676-678
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016349
Volume
72
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
676 - 678
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6349(1993)72:8<676:ECAFEO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A case of endometrioid carcinoma arising from endometriosis of the sig moid colon is reported. The patient had been treated with unopposed co ntinuous estrogen injection for twenty years after bilateral salpingoo ophorectomy because of severe endometriosis. The pathology, pertinent literature and implications of the present case are discussed.