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In vitro Organoid Culture of Primary Mouse Colon Tumors
Published on: May 17, 2013
Endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from colonic endometriosis mimicking primary colonic carcinoma
1Department of Pathology, Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, California 93720, USA.
Abstract:
The clinicopathologic features of a case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from colonic endometriosis that clinically and histologically mimicked a primary colonic carcinoma are reported. The differential diagnostic features of the tumor leading to the correct diagnosis included associated endometriosis, a minor mucosal component, focal squamous differentiation, absence of dirty necrosis, low nuclear grade, absence of a colonic adenoma, and a CK7+/CK20-/CEA- immunophenotype.
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