Total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) is the most common gynecologic surgery. The use of a vaginal pipe to facilitate TLH is a popular method for enabling incision into the vaginal canal. However, this device is associated with serious comp…
BACKGROUND: Ovarian mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma (MLA) is a newly described histological type known for its aggressive behavior. This study aims to determine the frequency of ovarian MLA, review the existing literature, and elucidate its…
Ovarian mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma (MLA) is a rare cancer subtype. We describe a patient with ovarian MLA wherein liver metastases developed 1 month after surgery. A phenotypic analysis of the tumor was performed to identify molecular …
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the usefulness of human epididymis protein 4 (HE4), a tumor marker, during and after treatment in patients with ovarian cancer (OC). METHODS: We included Japanese patients newly diagnosed with OC treated at the Nati…
This study aimed to clarify the genetic features of endometrioid-type endometrial cancer arising in adenomyosis (EC-AIA) using targeted sequencing and immunohistochemistry (IHC) for both carcinoma and adjacent adenomyosis tissues. We identi…
Few reports on malignant transformation of adenomyosis are available, and endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from cystic adenomyosis is further rarely reported. We report a case of a 67-year-old asymptomatic woman who was referred to our h…