Endometrioid carcinoma arising in endometriosis. Case report.
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This report details a case of ovarian endometrioid carcinoma developing from endometriosis after 10 years, consistent with reported malignant transformations in endometriosis.
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Malignant transformation arising in endometriosis has been reported in some cases. Following Sampson's criteria, about 0.7%-1% of all cases of endometriosis undergo malignant transformation and the ovary is the most frequent site. A case is reported of a patient with endometriosis which, after 10 years, grew into ovarian endometrioid carcinoma. The relationship between endometriosis and cancer suggests a radical treatment of endometriosis and a careful assessment of postmenopausal woman presenting reactivation signs.
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- Endometriosis extrapélvica: reporte de tres casos y revisión narrativa de la literatura 2005
- Ovarian endometriosis 2003
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- Immunohistochemical localization of aromatase and apoptosis-associated proteins in ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma arising from ovarian endometriosis 2001
- Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Carcinoma (EAOC): An Entity Distinct from Other Ovarian Carcinomas as Suggested by a Nested Case-Control Study 2001
- Adenocarcinoma arising in extragonadal endometriosis 1998
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