European journal of gynaecological oncology

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is most commonly found in the peritoneum of the lesser pelvis and in the genital tract (in the ovaries). Its malignant transformation is quite rare, which usually appears in patients who previously underwent surgic…

The fallopian tubes represent a highly important structure for ovarian carcinogenesis. They provide the passage of eutopic endometrium from the uterus, as well as metastatic cells from the ovaries. A direct source of tumor cells for ovarian…

Extrauterine endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESSs) are quite rare tumors, and vagina is an unusual site for these tumors. This paper presents a very rare pathological entity of primary vaginal ESS. A 46-year-old woman with a complaint of post…

Uterine sarcomas have rarely been diagnosed after uterine artery embolization. It remains unclear whether the diagnostic work-up is required prior to such embolization to prevent a missed diagnosis of sarcomas and a delay in providing defin…

Uterine tumors resembling ovarian sex cord tumors (UTROSCTs) are very rare uterine neoplasms. They mostly behave in a benign fashion but cases were reported with extra-uterine spread. There are less than 50 cases reported in the literature …

BACKGROUND: Approximately 2-5% of women affected by endometriosis are postmenopausal. The disease may simulate various malignancies. A case of endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman, spreading similarly to ovarian cancer, is reported. A br…

UNLABELLED: Summary OBJECTIVE: This retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the accuracy and role of intra-operative frozen section in the diagnosis of ovarian tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective study of 804 ovarian froze…

OBJECTIVE: Despite studies have suggested that endometriosis has malignant potential, the molecular mechanism underlying the malignant transformation of endometriosis is poorly understood so far. Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAO…

BACKGROUND: The study was performed to characterize and compare the serum lipid profile in gynecologic cancers and benign diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 1,550 age-matched females were included in this study: 760 patients with g…

PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: The aim of this study was to prospectively compare the diagnostic performances of nine gray-scale sonographic prediction models to detect ovarian malignancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical data of 322 women prese…

PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer and explore the differences between women with endometrioid and clear-cell histologic subtypes with and without associated end…

PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: By the comparison between most used tumor marker trend (cancer antigen 125: CA 125 and human epididymal secretory protein E4: HE4) before and after laparoscopic surgery, the aim of the present study was to assess H…

OBJECTIVE: Mullerian adenosarcoma usually originates in the endometrium and grows as a polypoid mass in post-menopausal women presenting as abnormal vaginal bleeding. This report reviewed Miillerian adenosarcoma cases to clarify the clinica…

Choriocarcinoma is a highly malignant tumor of trophoblastic origin. Primary fallopian tube choriocarcinoma is an extremely rare occurrence, especially in women over 50 years of age. This article concerns a case of tubal choriocarcinoma dev…

Carbohydate antigen 125 (CA-125) is a type of cell surface glycoproteins present in more than 80% of non-mucinous epithelial ovarian carcinomas; however, benign gynecologic conditions commonly cause a smaller increase in CA-125 level. This …

BACKGROUND: Early and certain diagnoses of endometriosis are mandatory to begin the correct treatment and to exclude the risk of endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinoma (EOC) and endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS). PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: …

Primary carcinomas of Müllerian origin involving the colon is not an uncommon phenomenon, with most cases reportedly associated with endometriosis. On the other hand, a primary peritoneal low-grade serous carcinoma presenting as a dominant …

Clear cell tumours of the ovary are relatively uncommon. Most of them are clear cell carcinomas. Benign and borderline clear cell tumours are extremely rare and almost always fibromatous. We report a case of a 34-year-old woman. Ultrasound …

OBJECTIVE: To present a case of a young woman with ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from an endometriotic cyst and review of the literature. CASE REPORT: A 33-year-old woman, gravid 2, para 2 was admitted to our department with a…

Ovarian endometriosis sometimes develops into ovarian cancer, especially clear cell adenocarcinoma and endometrioid adenocarcinoma. However, endometriosis rarely develops into squamous cell carcinoma. We present a case of squamous cell carc…

Clear cell carcinomas and endometrioid carcinomas are associated with endometriosis. The association of clear cell carcinomas with mucinous lesions has only been reported infrequently, and with mucinous cystadenoma has been rarely reported.…

PURPOSE: Ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (OCCA) has been reported to display different characteristics from other histological types of epithelial ovarian cancer, and especially differs from serous adenocarcinoma. We investigated plasmino…

Endometriosis is a frequent benign disease presenting in more than 10% of women in reproductive age. Although its course is usually benign, it has characteristics of malignant disease, such as progressive course, implantation at distant sit…

ObjectivesGestational choriocarcinoma associated with ectopic pregnancy is an extremely rare event. Here we report one of these cases.CaseA 38-year-old, gravida 4, parity 3, patient was admitted to the emergency room with the complaint of a…

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is an uncommon condition characterized by multiple nodules of smooth muscle within the peritoneal cavity. It usually occurs during reproductive age, and is especially associated to exogenous and…