[Stromal sarcoma--a contribution to the theory on the histoclinical aspects of neoplasms]

The authors report histological and clinical analysis of 7 patients with malignant proliferation of the stromal colls in the endometrium. In 3 patients the histological pattern differed form that in the remaining cases in a greater number of cell divisions and higher grade of cell atypia. Despite this, the clinical pattern was similar in nearly all cases. The reported material cannot support the hypothesis of two forms of the disease: stromal sarcoma and stromatosis. Both these diagnoses carry a poor prognosis.