Xanthogranulomatous endometritis with unilateral salpingo-oophoritis in a postmenopausal woman masquerading as a malignancy

Xanthogranulomatous endometritis (XGE) is a rare pathological entity which is characterised by sheets of foamy histiocytes and lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates. This condition can mimic endometrial carcinoma. We report a case, clinically suspected as carcinoma of the endometrium/ovary, which was diagno...

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Autores principales: Anandathirtha, Kavya, Shabnam, Zulfiya, Manjeera, Lakshmi, Ramesh, Nikita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Case Reports: Rare disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9853125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36657821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-247341
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Sumario:Xanthogranulomatous endometritis (XGE) is a rare pathological entity which is characterised by sheets of foamy histiocytes and lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates. This condition can mimic endometrial carcinoma. We report a case, clinically suspected as carcinoma of the endometrium/ovary, which was diagnosed as XGE with left salpingo-oophoritis on histopathology.

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