International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society

We describe a rare case of invasive endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from uterine adenomyosis involving the rectosigmoid colon. At laparotomy the uterus was densely adherent to the rectosigmoid colon. The final pathologic study of surgic…

The ovarian remnant syndrome, a complication of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, is progressively receiving more attention in the gynecological surgery literature. The syndrome is manifested by pelvic pain and a palpable or sonographic find…

The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical findings, treatment, and outcome of patients with endometriosis-related cancers. Patients meeting Sampson and Scott's criteria for cancer associated with endometriosis in the Sacramento …

The aim of this study was to document a case of tamoxifen-associated extensive pelvic endometriosis and attract the attention to this side effect of tamoxifen use in the postmenopausal patient. A 74-year-old woman with a history of breast c…

The peritoneal membrane, formed by a single layer of mesothelial cells, lines the largest cavity of the human body. Anatomic structures of the peritoneal cavity, along with resident leukocyte populations, play an important role in the defen…

Endometrial carcinoma coexisting with pregnancy is rarely observed. We report here the case of a 35-year-old woman with an endometrial carcinoma that was diagnosed 6 months after childbirth. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) rev…

Malignancy developing in extragonadal endometriosis is rare with the majority of cases being endometrioid adenocarcinomas. We present a 54-year-old woman who developed a clear cell carcinoma in her perineum, 25 years after excision of a per…

A 54-year-old premenopausal woman presented with abdominal pain, constipation, and raised serum CA-125 levels during routine follow-up of a low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma with prominent sex cord-like features, which had been treated …

Delay of diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors is perceived as unfavorably affecting outcome. However, tumor behavior may be determined early in the histogenesis process and the outcome may be more a function of the biologic propertie…

Endometriosis-endometrial tissue in an ectopic site outside the uterus-is one of the most common gynecologic disorders. The pathogenesis of this disease is controversial; the two major theories implicate either metaplasia or metastatic spre…

Using anti-p53 (PAb1801 and PAb240), anti-DNA polymerase alpha and Ki-67 monoclonal antibodies, the expression of p53 was studied in 11 normal endometria, 14 endometrial hyperplasias and 27 endometrial carcinomas and its relationship to the…