MULLERIAN ADENOSARCOMA OF THE UTERUS WITH RAPID PROGRESSION - ULTRASTRUCTURAL-STUDY

A case of müllerian adenosarcoma arising in an 82-year-old white female with rapid successive recurrence and death was studied with electron microscopy. The primary tumor in the uterus was typical müllerian adenosarcoma described by Clement and Scully. After a simple hysterectomy, however, a recurrent tumor appeared in the vagina in 5 months. The lesions were excised, and radiation therapy was given. The patient died 13 months after the initial diagnosis, reportedly with another recurrence of the tumor. Light microscopic and electron microscopic histology of the first recurrent nodules was consistent with fibrosarcoma. © 1979.