| Literature DB >> 27041653 |
Giovanni Pontrelli1, Mauro Cozzolino2, Anna Stepniewska1, Francesco Bruni1, Anna Pesci3, Marcello Ceccaroni1.
Abstract
We report a case of a primary vaginal adenosarcoma with sarcomatous overgrowth in a postmenopausal 58-year-old woman with recurrent endometriosis. In the past 5 years she underwent several biopsies of a polypoid lesion on the vaginal cuff, and the last histologic examination of the biopsy showed an adenosarcoma with "sarcomatous overgrowth" in a background of endometriosis. There was no evidence of distant metastatic disease on the diagnostic workup, and we performed a laparoscopy to remove the pelvic mass. We reviewed the literature on the electronic databases Medline, Embase, and Science Direct on articles published in English from 1990 to 2015. We identified 5 articles in which the surgical treatment was performed via a laparotomic approach. The present case is the first in the literature to report feasibility of laparoscopic treatment for this kind of pathology with a detailed description of the surgical technique.Entities:
Keywords: Endometriosis; Laparoscopy; Malignant transformation; Sarcomatous overgrowth; Vaginal adenosarcoma
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27041653 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2016.03.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Minim Invasive Gynecol ISSN: 1553-4650 Impact factor: 4.137