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- Title
Endomyometriosis arising in the uterosacral ligament: A case report including a literature review and immunohistochemical analysis.
- Authors
Matsuzaki, Sachiko; Murakami, Takashi; Sato, Shinji; Moriya, Takuya; Sasano, Hironobu; Yajima, Akira
- Abstract
We report a case of endomyometriosis arising in the left uterosacral ligament of a 29-year-old woman. The central cavity of the uterine-like mass was lined by pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium and endometrial stroma. The wall of the cyst consisted of bundles of smooth muscle cells. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated both α-estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor immunoreactivities in the epithelial, stromal and smooth muscle cells. A relatively high proliferating activity was also demonstrated in these cells by Ki-67 immunostaining. These findings suggest that the mass was hormone dependent and had a relatively rapid evolution.
- Subjects
ENDOMETRIAL cancer; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE cells; PROGESTERONE receptors; ESTROGEN receptors
- Publication
Pathology International, 2000, Vol 50, Issue 6, p493
- ISSN
1320-5463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01061.x