Endometriosis

Findings from Chonnam National University, Medical Department advance knowledge in endometriosis

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 13th, 2009

"Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is a mesenchymal neoplasm that usually occurs as a primary tumor of the uterine corpus, but rarely arises in other sites, such as the ovary, pelvic cavity, mesentery, omentum and intestine. Herein, we present a rare case of low-grade ESS presented as prevesical mass," scientists writing in the Journal of Korean Medical Science report.

"A 60-yr-old woman who had undergone total hysterectomy for endometriosis eleven years ago was presented with incidentally detected prevesical pelvic mass. Since malignant transformation of urachal remnants was possible, the mass was suspected to be a urachal tumor. Extraction of the mass was...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-08-13)

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