[Postmenopausal malignant transformation of extragenital endometriosis. A case report]

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2008 Jan;36(1):51-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2007.06.019. Epub 2008 Jan 4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Malignant transformation of endometriosis is a rare event. The ovaries are the most common sites reported in the literature. Postmenopausal cancer arising in extragenital endometriosis is still more exceptional. Hormone replacement therapy and perhaps, to a lesser extent, Tamoxifen could be risk factors for the malignant transformation of endometriosis. We herein report the case of a patient who has developed, after 11 years of hormone replacement therapy, an extragenital endometrioid carcinoma in the vesico-uterine pouch.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / chemically induced*
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / surgery
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Endometriosis / pathology*
  • Endometriosis / surgery
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Postmenopause*
  • Tamoxifen / adverse effects*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Tamoxifen