Xanthogranulomatous Endometritis: An Unusual Pathological Entity Mimicking Endometrial Carcinoma

Xanthogranulomatous endometritis is an unusual pathological entity mimicking endometrial carcinoma. This shows sheets of foamy histiocytes alongwith other inflammatory cells. We, hereby, report a case of 45 year multigravida female with irregular menstrual history, clinically diagnosed as carcinoma...

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Autores principales: Makkar, M, Gill, MK, Singh, DP
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349850
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.121222
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description Xanthogranulomatous endometritis is an unusual pathological entity mimicking endometrial carcinoma. This shows sheets of foamy histiocytes alongwith other inflammatory cells. We, hereby, report a case of 45 year multigravida female with irregular menstrual history, clinically diagnosed as carcinoma and histopathologically turned out as xanthogranulomatous endometritis. So, this condition should always be dealt with caution, and pathologists and clinicians should be aware of it.
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spelling pubmed-38536092013-12-16 Xanthogranulomatous Endometritis: An Unusual Pathological Entity Mimicking Endometrial Carcinoma Makkar, M Gill, MK Singh, DP Ann Med Health Sci Res Case Report Xanthogranulomatous endometritis is an unusual pathological entity mimicking endometrial carcinoma. This shows sheets of foamy histiocytes alongwith other inflammatory cells. We, hereby, report a case of 45 year multigravida female with irregular menstrual history, clinically diagnosed as carcinoma and histopathologically turned out as xanthogranulomatous endometritis. So, this condition should always be dealt with caution, and pathologists and clinicians should be aware of it. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3853609/ /pubmed/24349850 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.121222 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Xanthogranulomatous Endometritis: An Unusual Pathological Entity Mimicking Endometrial Carcinoma
title_full Xanthogranulomatous Endometritis: An Unusual Pathological Entity Mimicking Endometrial Carcinoma
title_fullStr Xanthogranulomatous Endometritis: An Unusual Pathological Entity Mimicking Endometrial Carcinoma
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title_short Xanthogranulomatous Endometritis: An Unusual Pathological Entity Mimicking Endometrial Carcinoma
title_sort xanthogranulomatous endometritis: an unusual pathological entity mimicking endometrial carcinoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853609/
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