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Endometriosis and possible malignant transformation

  • M. Gojnic1,*,
  • V. Dugalic2
  • V. Jeremic2
  • N. Popovic3
  • Lj. Arsenijevic3

1Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Serbia and Montenegro

2Institute of Surgery, Serbia and Montenegro

3The Institute of Anesthesia, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade University, Serbia and Montenegro

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200603271 Vol.27,Issue 3,May 2006 pp.271-272

Published: 10 May 2006

*Corresponding Author(s): M. Gojnic E-mail:

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Abstract

By examining the cause of infertility for a the period of three years in the two largest hospitals in Belgrade, we found 453 cases of endometriosis out of 683 cases of laparoscopy. During the procedure, removal of endometrial foci, histological examination of the sample and removal of genital and peritoneum abnormalities by laser were carried out. Interestingly, in only 8% of the cases were cancerous changes of the ovary diagnosed. Out of 36 patients with established diagnoses, hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy were performed in four cases.

Keywords

Endometriosis; Ovarian carcinoma

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M. Gojnic,V. Dugalic,V. Jeremic,N. Popovic,Lj. Arsenijevic. Endometriosis and possible malignant transformation. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2006. 27(3);271-272.

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