Ovarian ligament adenomyoma: report of a rare entity with review of the literature
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This report documents a fourth case of extrauterine adenomyoma, and the second in the ovarian ligament, in a 56-year-old woman diagnosed with an adnexal mass.
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Adenomyoma is a benign tumor composed of endometrial glands, specialized endometrioid stroma, and smooth muscle. These tumors typically originate within the uterus. An extrauterine adenomyoma is an extremely rare entity. We present the case of a 56-year-old perimenopausal woman with a right adnexal mass, diagnosed histopathologically as an ovarian ligament adenomyoma. This report documents a fourth case of an extrauterine adenomyoma and only the second case in ovarian ligament. The differential diagnosis includes endometrioma, leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata, uterus-like mass lesion and extrauterine leiomyoma with entrapped endometrioid glands and stroma. Two theories for the etiology of adenomyoma have been proposed: (i) Müllerian duct fusion defect and (ii) metaplasia.
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- The History of the Discovery of Ectopic Epithelial Cells in Lower Peritoneal Organs: The So-Called Mucosal Invasion 2021
- A rare case of ovarian adenomyoma mimicking primary invasive ovarian cancer with a contralateral serous borderline ovarian tumor: A case report and review of the literature 2020
- Clinicopathological Characteristics of Primary Ovarian Adenomyoma: A Single-institutional Experience 2017
- Clear cell adenocarcinoma arising in an adenomyoma of the broad ligament 2014
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