Endometriosis

Scientists at University of Ulsan detail research in endometriosis

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 16th, 2008

According to a study from Seoul, South Korea, "Malignant transformation of endometriosis in an episiotomy site is rare. A 42-year-old woman presented with a palpable mass, 2.5 cm in size, just inside the posterior commissure of the vagina, at the site of a previous episiotomy for a vaginal delivery."

"Three years previously, an endometriotic cyst had been excised at the same site, and the patient had been treated with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue for 6 months. Biopsy revealed a clear cell adenocarcinoma arising in endometriosis. The patient underwent radical surgery alone without adjuvant therapy. At 10-month follow-up, there was no evidence of recurrence,"...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-16)

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