Androgen-producing, atypically proliferating endometrioid tumor arising inendometriosis

Authors
Powell, JL Connor, GP Henderson, GS
Citation
Jl. Powell et al., Androgen-producing, atypically proliferating endometrioid tumor arising inendometriosis, SOUTH MED J, 94(4), 2001, pp. 450-453
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00384348 → ACNP
Volume
94
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
450 - 453
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(200104)94:4<450:AAPETA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A case of androgen-secreting borderline endometrioid tumor arising in endom etriosis of the rectovaginal septum is presented. It occurred 10 years afte r total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for exte nsive endometriosis of the fallopian tubes and ovaries, adenomyosis, and le iomyomas of the uterus. We believe 7 years of unopposed continuous oral est rogen replacement therapy contributed to the malignant transformation of th e endometriosis.