MULLERIAN ADENOSARCOMA OF THE UTERUS - A CASE-REPORT

A case of Mullerian adenosarcoma of the uterus is described. The patie nt, an 81-year old female, was treated in hospital for vaginal bleedin g in 1993. She was diagnosed as having a tumour of the uterus. The pat ient underwent an abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oopho rectomy. We found a polypoid intrauterine tumour which had led to a sw elling of the cavum and cervical canal. Histologically a Mullerian ade nosarcoma was diagnosed. The tumour consisted of a benign glandular co mponent and an mesenchymal component in the form of a low differentiat ed pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma.