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Endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising in uteri with incomplete fusion of Mullerian ducts. Report of three cases

  • A. Kondi-Pafiti1,*,
  • H. Spanidou-Carvouni1
  • C. Dimopoulou1
  • C.-1. Kontogianni1

1Pathology Department, Areteion University Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo20030183 Vol.24,Issue 1,January 2003 pp.83-84

Published: 10 January 2003

*Corresponding Author(s): A. Kondi-Pafiti E-mail:

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Abstract

The clinicopathological findings of three cases of endometrial adenocarcinoma arising in uteri with developmental anomalies are described.

Keywords

Uterus; Didelphys; Bicornis; Adenocarcinoma; Polyps

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A. Kondi-Pafiti,H. Spanidou-Carvouni,C. Dimopoulou,C.-1. Kontogianni. Endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising in uteri with incomplete fusion of Mullerian ducts. Report of three cases. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2003. 24(1);83-84.

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