Solitary lung involvement from clear cell carcinoma of the endometrium

Clear cell (Müllerian) carcinoma of the endometrium is relatively seldom reported. It is a disease with an unfavorable prognosis. A patient in whom a lung metastasis was diagnosed accidentally and excised is herein presented. The patient is alive five years after hysterectomy. The histopathologic pattern of the tumor is briefly described, and some of the clinical aspects of endometrial carcinoma are discussed.