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Androgen-producing, atypically proliferating endometrioid tumor arising in endometriosis
J L Powell1, G P Connor, G S Henderson
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC, USA.
Southern Medical Journal
|May 3, 2001
Abstract:
A case of androgen-secreting borderline endometrioid tumor arising in endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum is presented. It occurred 10 years after total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for extensive endometriosis of the fallopian tubes and ovaries, adenomyosis, and leiomyomas of the uterus. We believe 7 years of unopposed continuous oral estrogen replacement therapy contributed to the malignant transformation of the endometriosis.