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Primary peritoneal malignant mixed mtillerian tumor associated with colonic adenocarcinoma

  • R. Shaco-Levy1,*,
  • N. Sion-Vardy1
  • B. Piura2

1Department of Pathology, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

2Department of Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200505509 Vol.26,Issue 5,September 2005 pp.509-510

Published: 10 September 2005

*Corresponding Author(s): R. Shaco-Levy E-mail:

Abstract

Background: Primary extragenital malignant mixed Müllerian tumors (MMMTs) are very rare neoplasms, with only 28 documented cases in the literature. Two cases coexisted with a colonic adenocarcinoma.

Case: We report on a primary peritoneal MMMT diagnosed shortly after resection of a colonic adenocarcinoma in an 85-year-old woman who presented with a large omental mass. Microscopic examination revealed a biphasic tumor with malignant carcinomatous and sarcomatous components, confirmed immunohistochemically, consistent with MMMT. Despite optimal debulking and uneventful postoperative recovery, the patient died of her disease shortly after surgery due to recurrent disseminated disease.

Conclusions: This is the third case in the literature of primary extragenital MMMT occurring in association with colonic adenocarcinoma. This coexistence may be incidental, but it may also imply a possible linkage between these two tumors.

Keywords

Extragenital; Malignant mixed Mtillerian tumor (MMMT); Secondary Mtillerian system; Colonic adenocarcinoma

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R. Shaco-Levy,N. Sion-Vardy,B. Piura. Primary peritoneal malignant mixed mtillerian tumor associated with colonic adenocarcinoma. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2005. 26(5);509-510.

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