Open AccessCoexisting brenner tumor and endometrial carcinoma
Author(s) -
Monica Sharma,
Babita Khangar,
Varuna Mallya,
Nita Khurana,
Sangeeta Gupta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/jmh.jmh_3_17
Subject(s) - atypia , estrogen , carcinoma , endometrial hyperplasia , medicine , endometrium , neoplasm , gynecology , atypical hyperplasia , pathology
Brenner tumor is a rare ovarian neoplasm that is seen in women of the fifth to sixth decade. Classified as benign, borderline, and malignant, these tumors may be associated with estrogen production, thus altering the estrogen-progesterone ratio. High estrogen stimulates the endometrium and this is responsible for producing various pathologies, namely, hyperplasia, atypia, and carcinoma. Very few case reports have been published highlighting the same. A case report is being presented here of a coexisting Brenner tumor and well-differentiated endometrial carcinoma in a 55-year-old nulliparous postmenopausal woman.