Endometriosis resembling endometrial cancer in a postmenopausal patient

Abstract

Endometriosis occurs in 2–4% of postmenopausal women. There have been a few reports of endometriosis in women in whom neither history nor diagnostic imaging indicated the presence of this disease, either at reproductive age or after menopause. A case is described of an 84-year-old patient with extensive deep pelvic endometriosis imitating advanced neoplastic process.

Keywords:

• Endometriosis
• menopause
• malignancy
• hormone replacement therapy
• endometriotic lesion
• surgery

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Dr Michał Ostrowski from the Histopathological Laboratory of Alab Laboratoria for providing photos of histopathological preparations.

Conflict of interest

The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this paper.

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Funding

Nil.