Tamoxifen-induced endometrial polyp. A case report and review of the literature

A case of an endometrial polyp which developed in a 74-year-old woman treated with tamoxifen for 15 years after breast cancer surgery was the stimulus for this brief and concise review of the endometrial changes caused by anti-estrogen treatment in post-menopausal women with breast cancer. Tamoxifen therapy has been associated with the development of endometrial polyps, hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma possibly mediated through its agonistic estrogenic properties. Hysteroscopy follow-up should be performed in this group of patients and hysteroscopy should be done before the beginning of therapy and repeated once a year during the treatment.