1 May 2000Case Report
ADENOCARCINOMA ARISING ON COLO-RECTAL ENDOMETRIOSIS: CLINIC AND PATHOLOGIC EVALUATIONS
A. Orlandi 1M. Pasquale 1N. Listorti 2L. Spagnoli 1
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Cattedra di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Università “Tor Vergata” di Roma, Italia.
2 Divisione di Chirurgia d’Urgenza, Ospedale “S. Eugenio”, Roma, Italia
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2000, 71(3), 385-388;
Published: 1 May 2000
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Abstract
Colo-rectal endometriosis represents a rare pathological event. Exceptionally, a malignant colo-rectal endometrioid carcinoma arising from endometriosis has been reported. In the present case, we describe a 32 year-old woman with clinical and radiological signs of large bowel sub-occlusive syndrome. Histologically, a sigmoid endometrioid adenocarcinoma associated with submucosal foci of eutopic endometrium was observed. Moreover, endometriotic tissue was observed at the level of the colonic left flexura and appendix. Colo-rectal endometriosis must be considered among risk factors for the development of large bowel adenocarcinoma in young female patients.
Keywords
- Adenocarcinoma
- colo-rectal endometriosis