From 1967 through December 1987, 145 patients with endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary were treated at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Thirty-eight patients (26.2%) had stage I disease, 28 (19.3%) stage II, 60 (41.4%) …
Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary accounts for 2 to 3% of all epithelial ovarian neoplasms. Patient profiles, pathological characteristics, and results of treatment are reviewed for 59 patients. The median age was 51. Disease extent at diag…
The presence of endometrial tissue in myometrial vessels has been described in the literature primarily in association with the menstrual period. We reviewed 277 hysterectomy specimens to assess the frequency of endometrial tissue in myomet…
A 45-year-old woman developed a grade III and stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the left ovary 12 years after a hysterectomy for treatment of endometriosis. Origin from a teratoma or a Brenner tumor was excluded. Despite extensive surger…