DEDIFFERENTIATED ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOMETRIAL POLYPS WITH STROMAL ATYPIA – A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
DEDIFFERENTIATED ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOMETRIAL POLYPS WITH STROMAL ATYPIA – A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Summary/Abstract: DEDIFFERENTIATED ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA IS A RARE OCCURRENCE IN UTERINE MALIGNANCIES. THIS HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SUBTYPE IS RELATIVELY NEW IN TUMOUR CLASSIFICATIONS AND MOLECULAR ALTERATIONS ARE IN CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT. WE DESCRIBE A 61-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH THIS DIAGNOSIS ASSOCIATING TWO ENDOMETRIAL POLYPS WITH STROMAL ATYPIA. THIS TYPE OF ASSOCIATION HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE. WE EXCLUDED OTHER POTENTIAL DIAGNOSES SUCH AS MIXED CARCINOMA OR CARCINOSARCOMA. OUR AIM WAS TO BRING RECOGNITION TO THIS RELATIVELY NEW LESION AND REVIEW THE LITERATURE.

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