| Literature DB >> 19543523 |
Seung Il Jung1, Sang Soo Shin, Chan Choi, Eu Chang Hwang, Sun-Ouck Kim, Taek Won Kang.
Abstract
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. 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 performed, and the histopathologic diagnosis was low-grade ESS. In summary, prevesical tumor is rare but in patients with endometriosis, we suggest endometriosis and its possible malignant changes should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of prevesical mass.Entities:
Keywords: Endometriosis; Sarcoma, Endometrial Stromal
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19543523 PMCID: PMC2698206 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2009.24.3.529
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Korean Med Sci ISSN: 1011-8934 Impact factor: 2.153