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Benign Senile Pyometra, Endometrial Cholesterol Granulomas and Adenosquamous Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Pounder Derrick J.,
Iyer Prema V.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1985.tb00630.x
Subject(s) - pyometra , adenosquamous carcinoma , medicine , carcinoma , curettage , hysterectomy , metastatic carcinoma , pathology , cholesterol , malignancy , granuloma , adenocarcinoma , uterus , cancer
Summary: Endometrial curettage of a 78‐year‐old patient with benign senile pyometra revealed endometrial cholesterol granulomas. Five years later cytological studies were suspicious of malignancy. Hysterectomy disclosed an endometrial adenosquamous carcinoma associated with cholesterol granulomas. We speculate that endometrial cholesterol granuloma, like endometrial xanthogranuloma, represents a rare morphologic variant of benign senile pyometra. Consequently a strong association with carcinoma is to be expected.