Background: The ovarian tumors with functioning stroma are defined by the morphological presence of endocrine active cells in stroma, and the clinical, biochemical or pathological evidence of endocrine function. Case Report: The ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma with functioning stroma accompanied with endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma was found in 64-year-old post-menopausal woman comp...

Based on our previous analysis of neutral glycolipids in the human endometrium, the present authors already reported that the concentrations of glucosylceramide, lactosylceramide and globotriaosylceramide (Gb3Cer), in which both fatty acids and sphingosines in the ceramides are hydroxylated, exhibit a marked increase during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. It is also well known that poo...

We present a 32-year-old patient with solitary brain metastasis of endometrial carcinoma. The single frontal lobe metastasis was determined seven months after surgical staging of endometrial adenocarcinoma. The initial diagnosis was determined by hysterescopic resection of an endometrial polyp. The lesion was only limited to the endometrial polyp and there was no evidence of disease at the path...

The Tao brush is a small flexible brush used in TruTest Endometrial Biopsy. Endometrial tissue to a depth of 1.5–2 mm can be collected. It gently brushes the entire inside of the uterus so as to gather a more complete sampling of the endometrium and is less painful than the traditional method [1]. It covers a wide area of the endometrial surface. Therefore, small lesions are less likely to be m...

Aim: Abnormal uterine bleeding refers to any uterine bleeding that occurs in excessive amounts of regular menstrual bleeding or any postmenopausal bleeding. The present study aims to determine histopathological findings in Turkish women with abnormal uterine bleeding in Elazığ. Material and Methods: Retrospectively 420 women with abnormal uterine bleeding were included in the study. Hematoxylin...

BACKGROUND The differential diagnosis between atypical endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma is often difficult and based on controversial criteria. Cell kinetic parameters may be helpful. DESIGN Cell proliferation, apoptosis and Bcl-2 expression were evaluated in benign endometrium, non atypical and atypical endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma. The results were comp...

We previously reported (T. Enomoto et al., Cancer Res., 50: 6139-6145, 1990; T. Enomoto et al., Cancer Res., 51: 5308-5314, 1991) a significant frequency of activating point mutations in codon 12 of the c-K-ras-2 protooncogene in endometrial adenocarcinoma and its premalignant precursor lesions (series 1 and 2). To reveal the role of the p53 tumor suppressor gene in the development of endometri...

An 11-year-old female goat had invasive and metastatic endometrial adenocarcinoma in the uterus. There was a notable proliferation of endometrial epithelial cells in a tubular growth pattern, with a desmoplastic response. The endometrial epithelial tumor cells metastasized to the kidney, liver and lung. In contrast to the primary and metastatic tumor cells, pleomorphic tumor cells with a chorio...

The AT-rich interacting domain‑containing protein 1A gene (ARID1A) encodes ARID1A, a member of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex. Mutation of ARID1A induces changes in expression of multiple genes (CDKN1A, SMAD3, MLH1 and PIK3IP1) via chromatin remodeling dysfunction, contributes to carcinogenesis, and has been shown to cause transformation of cells in association with the PI3K/AKT pathw...