Clear cell carcinoma arising in extraovarian endometriosis: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Ibrahim F. Hitti, I F Hitti, Hitti IF, S S Glasberg, Glasberg SS, Sidney S. Glasberg, Stephane Lubicz, Lubicz S, S Lubicz
Gynecologic Oncology · 1990 · vol. 39(3) , pp. 314–320 · doi:10.1016/0090-8258(90)90259-n · PMID:2258077 · W2028893725
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This paper reports three cases of clear cell carcinoma arising in extraovarian endometriosis and reviews the relevant literature on this rare phenomenon.

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The literature on malignancy arising in extraovarian endometriosis comprises only three cases of clear cell carcinoma. We wish to report the clinical features and pathologic findings of an additional three cases. The first concerns a 39-year-old oriental pregnant woman who presented with a large intraluminal obstructing lesion of the sigmoid colon, the second case deals with an abdominal wall mass that appeared in a cesarean section scar of a 45-year-old black woman, and the third case describes an ulcerating lesion of the perineum and the buttock in a 43-year-old white woman with a long history of endometriosis in an episiotomy scar. Our observations support the notion that clear cell carcinoma arising in extraovarian endometriosis behaves differently from its counterpart in ovarian endometriosis, but more in line with clear cell carcinoma of the endometrium.

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endometriosis

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Abdominal Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Cicatrix Colonic Neoplasms Endometriosis Episiotomy Abdominal Neoplasms Abdominal Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Adult Buttocks Cicatrix Colonic Neoplasms Colonic Neoplasms Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Middle Aged

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