Endometrial stromal sarcoma of the rectosigmoid colon arising in extragonadal endometriosis and revealed by portal vein thrombosis

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2001 Aug;125(8):1088-90. doi: 10.5858/2001-125-1088-ESSOTR.

Abstract

Malignant transformation is an infrequent complication of endometriosis. The ovary is the primary site in 76% of cases, and extragonadal sites are identified in 24%. Endometrioid carcinoma is the most common histologic type; sarcoma is very rare. We report a case of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma of the rectosigmoid colon presenting with epigastric pain due to portal vein thrombosis. This tumor arose from extragonadal endometriosis in a 61-year-old woman and was treated by surgical resection. The main differential diagnosis of this unusual colonic neoplasm includes primary mesenchymal tumors, such as gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endometriosis / complications
  • Endometriosis / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain
  • Portal Vein*
  • Sarcoma, Endometrial Stromal / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma, Endometrial Stromal / pathology
  • Sarcoma, Endometrial Stromal / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Venous Thrombosis / complications
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis*