Annales de pathologie

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a gynecological pathology defined by the presence and abnormal development of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Our objective was to draw up an epidemiological profile and to describe the anatomic…

Peritoneal inclusion cyst is a rare benign tumor. It usually affects women of reproductive age. Its etiology is poorly understood; a history of endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease and pelvic surgery are sometimes implicated in its oc…

Diffuse adenomyosis, focal adenomyosis, ovarian endometrioma, superficial endometriosis and deep infiltrating adenomyosis are all defined by the presence of an endometrioid tissue in an ectopic location that is at distance from the endometr…

The intestinal occlusion acute is an emergency and therapeutic diagnostic. A rectal tumor is rarely the cause in a young adult. We are carrying the case of a patient of 43years old, received at emergency on a board of intestinal occlusion a…

We report a case of vaginal adenosis in a woman of 42years. This is a rare congenital disorder since cessation of use of diethylstilbestrol (DES), usually of benign course, not to ignore in its tubo-endometrial histological form which may p…

Thoracic endometriosis (TE) is rare with positive histological diagnosis sometimes difficult, particularly in atypical form. The aim of this study was to identify features which can increase performance of the histolological TE diagnosis an…

Simultaneous carcinomas involving both the ovary and the endometrium may cause diagnostic difficulties, particularly if the tumors have a similar histology. We report two cases of independent endometrioid carcinomas of the endometrium and t…

Miscellaneous benign lesions of the bladder are composed of morphologic aspects of the urothelial mucosa. They are epithelial lesions (von Brunn nests, glandularis cystitis, nephrogenic adenoma, polypoid cystitis and epidermoid metaplasia),…

A rare case of leiomyomatosis Peritonealis Disseminata (L.P.D.) associated with an Endometriosis is reported. A 40 years old non-gravid patient had a laparotomy for uterine fibromas. Multiple sub peritoneal nodules were found and a total hy…

The technique of examination and sampling of a cone biopsy or hysterectomy specimen fulfils precise criteria which make it possible to make or confirm a diagnosis and to evaluate prognosis on the basis of complete excision or the state of s…