HETEROLOGOUS MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR CONFINED TO AN ENDOMETRIAL POLYP

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 53  (4) , 512-514
Abstract
Mixed muellerian tumors of the uterus, which were divided into homologous and heterologous types, are considered neoplasms of high malignant potential. In the heterologous variety, the presence of rhabdomyosarcoma was associated with an especially poor prognosis. The 1st case of a heterologous, malignant mixed mesodermal tumor (adenocarcinoma, stromal sarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma) confined to an endometrial polyp is reported. The patient, treated by surgery only, remains clinically free of disease 11 yr later. Mixed muellerian tumors of limited extent may not be associated with the dismal prognosis that usually accompanies such lesions.