Peritoneal mullerian tumor-like (endosalpingiosis-leiomyomatosis peritoneal): a hardly known entity
Rosa Bermejo1, Alicia Gómez, Nuria Galiana
1Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Hospital Marina Baixa, Alicante, 03570 Villajoyosa, Spain.
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
|October 24, 2012
Abstract:
We describe a case of multiple peritoneal nodules with cysts at the free border of the omento and other locations of the peritoneal surfaces. A total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy were performed for a myomatous uterus and bilateral ovarian cysts. The omentum and several fragments of the abdominal peritoneum were also removed. Microscopic diagnosis was Disseminated Peritoneal Endosalpingiosis-Leiomyomatosis.
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