PURPOSE: While adenomyosis is one of the most common benign histologic findings in hysterectomy specimens of endometrial cancer, demographics of endometrial cancer arising in adenomyosis (EC-AIA) has not been well elucidated. The aim of thi…
A 56-year-old G3P3 postmenopausal woman presented with a 5 month history of abnormal uterine bleeding and pelvic pain. A computed tomographic scan revealed a 5 cm right adnexal cystic mass in addition to a thickened, heterogenous endometriu…
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to identify risk factors associated with laparotomy conversion during total laparoscopic hysterectomy for endometrial cancer. METHODS: This is a retrospective study examining endometrial cancer cases tha…
OBJECTIVE: While a certain fraction of endometriomas can develop de novo epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) such as clear cell carcinoma (OCCC), there is currently no useful biomarker available for early detection of OCCC from endometriomas. T…
BACKGROUND: Endometrial cancer arising in adenomyosis (EC-AIA) is a rare entity of endometrial cancer, and its clinical significance has not been well studied. This study aimed to examine the tumor characteristics and survival outcomes of E…
BACKGROUND: To examine the effects of adenomyosis on tumor progression and survival outcome of endometrial cancer patients. METHODS: This is a retrospective study examining stage I-IV endometrial cancer patients who underwent hysterectomy-…
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of endometriosis in para-aortic lymph nodes during pregnancy. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Tertiary care center. PATIENT(S): A 25-year-old multipara pregnant woman with a history of chronic pelvic pain and ov…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer arising from the surgical incision site is an unusual clinical entity. CASE: A 37-year-old woman presented with a chief complaint of progressive swelling of the mons pubis. The patient wa…
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD