Acta Med. 2003, 46: 129-130

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.21

The Coincidence of Pure Lipoma, Leiomyoma, and Endometrial Cancer. A Case Report of the Uterine Tumor Triplicity

Taťána Rešlováa, Milan Rešlb

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, The Fingerland Department of Pathology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received April 1, 2003
Accepted May 1, 2003

A different tumor concurrence of the uterine body is usually encountered as a coincidence of leiomyoma and endometrial cancer. Pure lipomatous tumors or fatty change in the leiomyoma or endometrium are rare affections with some diagnostic peculiarities. We present a case of association of the pure uterine lipoma, leiomyoma, and endometrial cancer as a tumor triplicity, which may contribute, to the pathogenesis of mesenchymal tumors in this location.

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