Benign heterologous tissue components associated with endometrial carcinoma

Int J Gynecol Pathol. 1982;1(3):286-91. doi: 10.1097/00004347-198203000-00005.

Abstract

Two cases of adenocarcinoma of the endometrium associated with benign mesenchymal tissues of adipose and osteoid type are presented. These components have a metaplastic or metamorphic, rather than neoplastic, origin. Heterologous elements associated with adenocarcinoma should not be mistaken for the more common mixed mesodermal müllerian tumors which have a different clinicopathologic behavior.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adipose Tissue / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Osteoblasts / pathology*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterus / pathology