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Morales Vicente A, García Sánchez Y, Santonja López N, Gilabert Estellés J. Xanthogranulomatous endometritis. Facts Views Vis Obgyn 2023; 15:351-353. [PMID: 38128093 PMCID: PMC10832657 DOI: 10.52054/fvvo.15.4.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Xanthogranulomatous endometritis (XGE) is an uncommon inflammatory benign condition that can mimic endometrial cancer. The majority of the reported cases of XGE have been observed in postmenopausal women, often presenting clinically as haematometra or benign senile pyometra. We report a case of XGE in a 73-year-old woman who presented with pyometra. Diagnostic hysteroscopy is an important tool when accompanied by endometrial samples for histology in suspected cases. Knowledge of this uncommon disease is crucial for accurate diagnosis. XGE is a benign condition, however, there have been reported cases of chronic active XGE and bacterial infection in which hysterectomy was required due to complications.
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Silva-Rengifo C, Asencio A, Salirrosas O. Xanthogranulomatous Endometritis: A Report of Two Cases. Cureus 2023; 15:e38226. [PMID: 37261159 PMCID: PMC10226829 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.38226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Xanthogranulomatous endometritis (XGE) or histiocytic endometritis is a chronic inflammatory pathology of rare presentation, characterized by an exaggerated inflammatory infiltrate that can mimic an endometrial carcinoma. We report two cases of this disease, one of them with a classic presentation of endometritis and the other one with a severe compromise in which the clinical presentation and imaging findings suggested a possible endometrial carcinoma. Knowledge of this unusual and rare pathology, including its etiopathogenesis, is important since it can be included in the differential diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma and, therefore, whenever it is found, to avoid excessive treatment.
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- Christian Silva-Rengifo
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, PER
- School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, PER
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, PER
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- Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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Anandathirtha K, Shabnam Z, Manjeera L, Ramesh N. Xanthogranulomatous endometritis with unilateral salpingo-oophoritis in a postmenopausal woman masquerading as a malignancy. BMJ Case Rep 2023; 16:16/1/e247341. [PMID: 36657821 PMCID: PMC9853125 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-247341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Xanthogranulomatous endometritis (XGE) is a rare pathological entity which is characterised by sheets of foamy histiocytes and lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates. This condition can mimic endometrial carcinoma. We report a case, clinically suspected as carcinoma of the endometrium/ovary, which was diagnosed as XGE with left salpingo-oophoritis on histopathology.
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- Kavya Anandathirtha
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Merviel P, James P, Carlier M, Thomas‐Kergastel I, Guilloique M, Conan‐Charlet V, Bastard C, Marcorelles P, Jobic Y, Dupré P. Xanthogranulomatous endometritis: A case report and literature review. Clin Case Rep 2021; 9:e04299. [PMID: 34194800 PMCID: PMC8223691 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.4299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Xanthogranulomatous endometritis is a rare benign pathology mimicking endometrial carcinoma.
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- Philippe Merviel
- Gynecology and Obstetrics DepartmentBrest University HospitalBrestFrance
- IFR 148 ScInBioS–EA 3878–GETBOBrest University HospitalBoulevard Tanguy PrigentBrestFrance
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- Gynecology and Obstetrics DepartmentBrest University HospitalBrestFrance
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- Gynecology and Obstetrics DepartmentBrest University HospitalBrestFrance
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- Histopathology DepartmentBrest University HospitalBrestFrance
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- Cardiology DepartmentBrest University HospitalBoulevard Tanguy PrigentBrestFrance
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- Gynecology and Obstetrics DepartmentBrest University HospitalBrestFrance
- INSERM UMR 1078Medical University of Western BrittanyBrestFrance
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Na JM, Kim MH, Ko GH, Shin JK. Xanthogranulomatous endometritis: a report of two Korean cases with cytologic findings. J Pathol Transl Med 2020; 54:513-516. [PMID: 33086455 PMCID: PMC7674763 DOI: 10.4132/jptm.2020.08.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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- Ji Min Na
- Department of Pathology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea.,Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.,Gyeongsang Institute of Health Science, Jinju, Korea
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- Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.,Gyeongsang Institute of Health Science, Jinju, Korea.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea
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Malik V, Chatterjee D, Goel B, Takkar N. Xanthogranulomatous Endometritis: A Benign Uncommon Masquerader of Malignancy. J Midlife Health 2019; 10:206-208. [PMID: 31942158 PMCID: PMC6947717 DOI: 10.4103/jmh.jmh_6_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Xanthogranulomatous endometritis is an uncommon benign lesion characterized by the destruction of endometrium and replacement by the sheets of foamy histiocytes, lymphocytes, plasma cells, multinucleated giant cells, fibrosis, calcification, and accompanying polymorphonuclear leukocytes. It is commonly mistaken for malignancy clinicoradiologically, and therefore, histopathological examination is of utmost importance. We report the case of a 61-year-old postmenopausal female who presented with pyometra, bulky uterus, and cervical stenosis, and histopathology revealed XGE.
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- Vipra Malik
- Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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Cervical xanthogranuloma in a case of postmenopausal pyometra. Obstet Gynecol Sci 2016; 59:411-4. [PMID: 27668207 PMCID: PMC5028651 DOI: 10.5468/ogs.2016.59.5.411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Xanthogranuloma is a non-neoplastic presentation of chronic inflammation commonly seen in gallbladder, kidney and rarely seen in genital organs. Only one case has been reported in cervix. Here, we report a case of 60-year-old postmenopausal lady who presented with history of fever and purulent discharge per-vaginum. On speculum examination, cervix had an ulcer extending from 3 to 5 o'clock position. Uterus was bulky. On probing the ulcer, a 1-cm deep sinus was identified. Ultrasound showed enlarged uterus and fluid collection suggestive of pyometra. Pyometra was drained and cervical biopsy was taken from the ulcerated lesion; histopathology revealed granulomatous inflammation with predominantly xanthous cells suggestive of tuberculosis. High index of clinical suspicion needs to be maintained in abnormal cervix. It is a perplexing and rare entity for a clinician and also a diagnosis of exclusion; only histopathology can help for diagnosis. It mimics like malignancy and chronic infections.
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Malik CA, Dudani S, Mani BNS. Xanthogranulomatous endometritis presenting as pyometra and mimicking carcinoma on imaging. J Midlife Health 2016; 7:88-90. [PMID: 27499597 PMCID: PMC4960947 DOI: 10.4103/0976-7800.185326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Xanthogranulomatous endometritis (XGE) is an uncommon but well-established histopathological entity seen affecting the kidney and gallbladder. Involvement of the endometrium is very rare, with only a few case reports in world literature till date. Histologically, it is characterized by the replacement of the endometrium by sheets of foamy histiocytes, plasma cells, lymphocytes, giant cells, and siderophages. We present a case of a 74-year-old female who presented with foul-smelling discharge and postmenopausal bleeding of a short duration. Clinical examination and imaging studies revealed a pyometra, cervical stenosis. A suspicion of carcinoma was raised. Since XGE may mimic an endometrial carcinoma clinically and pathologically, knowledge of this unusual and rare inflammatory pathology is important for both the gynecologists and the pathologists.
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- Col Ajay Malik
- Department of Pathology, Army College of Medical Sciences and Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt., New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pathology, Army College of Medical Sciences and Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt., New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pathology, Army College of Medical Sciences and Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt., New Delhi, India
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Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of myometrium with uterine perforation. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2013; 52:428-30. [PMID: 24075387 DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Wader JV, Jain A, Kumbhar SS, Vhawal V. Histiocytic endometritis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS 2013; 14:329-32. [PMID: 23986798 PMCID: PMC3755699 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.889248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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PATIENT Female, 72 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Histiocytic endometritis Symptoms: Vaginal discharge • fever • weakness MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: Endometrial and cervical biopsy Specialty: Pathology • Gynaecology. OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND Histiocytic or xanthogranulomatous endometritis, characterized by disappearance of endometrial mucosa and its replacement by sheets of lipid containing histiocytic cells, is very rare. Extensive internet and PubMed searches revealed only 19 cases reported to date. The pathogenesis of histiocytic endometritis seems to be inflammation due to post-menopausal cervical stenosis or as the result of cervical carcinoma. Histiocytic endometritis can infiltrate the myometrium and can mimic a malignancy. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 78-year-old post-menopausal female with symptoms of vaginal discharge, fever, and weakness. Radiological investigation showed a mass lesion in the cervix, extending into the myometrium, suggestive of cervical carcinoma. The lesion was biopsied and histopathological examination led to the diagnosis of histiocytic endometritis with no evidence of malignancy. CONCLUSIONS Histiocytic endometritis, an inflammatory pathology, can mimic malignancy clinically as well as radiologically. Histopathological examination with extensive sampling of tissue is essential because presence of endometritis does not rule out malignancy.
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- Jyotsna V Wader
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences KIMSU, Karad, Maharashtra, India
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Zhang XS, Dong HY, Zhang LL, Desouki MM, Zhao C. Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the female genital tract: report of three cases. J Cancer 2012; 3:100-6. [PMID: 22393333 PMCID: PMC3293171 DOI: 10.7150/jca.3929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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PURPOSE AND METHODS This is a series of three cases diagnosed with xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the female genital with emphasis on the etiology, clinical-pathologic features and biological behavior. Clinical, pathologic, radiologic and follow up data are reported. RESULTS The three cases of Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the female genital tract are the followings: 1) one case affecting the endometrium, 2) one case affecting the fallopian tube, and 3) one case confined to the ovary. The patient's age was 37, 22 and 62 year-old, respectively. Histologic examination revealed extensive infiltration of foamy histiocytes admixed with variable amount of inflammatory cells. The later include plasma cells, lymphocytes, and occasional multinucleated giant cells. Immunohistochemistry showed positive staining for CD68, a histiocytic marker, in foamy histiocytes, CD3, a T cell marker, and CD20, a B cell marker, in the background lymphocytes. The plasma cells were polyclonal with expression of both κ and λ light chains. CONCLUSION Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the female genital tract is an unusual lesion, and clinically forms mass- like lesion in the pelvic cavity that invades the surrounding tissues, which may mimic the tumor clinically and by imaging.
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- Xiang-Sheng Zhang
- 1. Department of Pathology , Binzhou Medical College, Binzhou 256603, China
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Gupta P, Dhingra KK, Roy S, Khurana N, Azad M. Xanthogranulomatous endometritis coexisting with carcinoma cervix. ANZ J Surg 2009; 79:498-9. [PMID: 19566887 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04963.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Doğan-Ekici AI, Usubütün A, Küçükali T, Ayhan A. Xanthogranulomatous endometritis: a challenging imitator of endometrial carcinoma. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2007; 2007:34763. [PMID: 17710239 PMCID: PMC1939916 DOI: 10.1155/2007/34763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2007] [Accepted: 03/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a distinguished histopathological entity affecting several organs, predominantly the kidney and gallbladder. So far, only a small number of cases of xanthogranulomatous inflammation occurring in female genital tract have been described, most frequently affecting the endometrium and histologically characterized by replacement of endometrium by xanthogranulomatous inflammation composed of abundant foamy histiocytes, siderophages, giant cells, fibrosis, calcification and accompanying polymorphonuclear leucocytes, plasma cells and lymphocytes of polyclonal origin. We present a case of a 69-year-old female complained of post menopausal bleeding and weight loss. Clinical preliminary diagnoses were endometrial carcinoma or hyperplasia and ultrasound was supposed to be endometrial malignancy, hyperplasia or pyometra by radiologist. Histopathological examination of uterus revealed xanthogranulomatous endometritis. Since xanthogranulomatous endometritis may mimic endometrial malignancy clinically and pathologically as a result of the replacement of the endometrium and occasionally invasion of the myometrium by friable yellowish tissue composed of histiocytes, knowledge of this unusual inflammatory disease is needed for both clinicians and pathologists.
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- A. Işın Doğan-Ekici
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Yeditepe University, 34755 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
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Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is rare, mainly involving the kidneys, while primary xanthogranulomatous endometritis (XE) is a very unusual finding, histologically characterized by partial or complete replacement of the mucosa by granulation tissue with an abundance of foamy histiocytes, siderophages and multinucleated giant cells. We present the case of a 69-year-old woman with a short history of abdominal pain and a palpable mass in the pouch of Douglas. Dilatation of the cervix drained a pyometra. Histological examination of the curettage rendered the diagnosis of XE. Microbiological studies revealed enterococcus spp. and Peptostreptococcus magnus. Despite antibiotic treatment the patient died of heart failure due to systemic inflammation. Autopsy confirmed the diagnosis of XE with transmural extension into the peritoneal cavity. Such a lethal course of XE is extraordinary. Proposed causes of XE include obstruction, infection and hemorrhage. Demonstration of enterococcus spp. and P. magnus supports the probable significance of bacteria in the development of XE. Because this condition may mimic malignant disease macroscopically and histologically, knowledge of XE is of major importance for both pathologists and gynecologists.
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- Frank Noack
- Department of Pathology, University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
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In an endometrial curettage specimen, taken from a 67-year-old woman with post-menopausal bleeding, the endometrium was replaced by aggregates of swollen histiocytes filled with yellowish-brown pigment. Histochemical and ultrastructural examination of the specimen revealed that the pigment was of ceroid nature. Previously reported cases with similar findings are reviewed, and the distinction of this type of endometrial lesion from 'foam cell reaction' is briefly discussed.
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- M Shintaku
- Department of Pathology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan
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We describe three cases of xanthogranulomatous inflammation in the female genital tract--one affecting endometrium, tube and ovary, one affecting tube, ovary and parametrium and one confined to the endometrium. To date, xanthogranulomatous inflammation in the female genital tract has been reported in a total of 19 cases including the present three. The inflammation most often affects the endometrium but involvement of the vagina, cervix, fallopian tube and ovary may also occur.
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- C Ladefoged
- Institute of Pathology, Svendborg County Hospital, Denmark
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Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is an ubiquitous process that is most commonly observed in the kidney but may be observed in other organs. We report a case of xanthogranulomatous inflammation occurring in an enlarged parotid gland of a 65-year-old man as a result of salivary duct obstruction from sialolithiasis. We discuss the common histologic features and probably common aetiology of several inflammatory xanthograulomatous processes including malakoplakia.
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- J C Dale
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City
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The precise histopathological features of the xanthogranulomatous process (XP) have been defined in an extensive review of all cases from various organs available in our files. The result was that the XP has the following aspecific but characteristic findings: the presence of granular, eosinophilic, PAS positive histiocytes in the initial stages; the mixture of foamy macrophages and activated plasma cells; the presence of suppurative foci and hemorrhages. Abscess, necrosis and most of all hemorrhages play a a role in eliciting this inflammatory response. This is in accordance with the observations so far reported in the literature. A very interesting result of our study is that some unquestionable cases of XP in cutaneous soft tissue had a histopathological picture indistinguishable from xanthoma. Basing on our experience and on an extensive study of the literature we suggest that the XP mechanism may in some way play a role in several diseases where the inflammatory or reactive nature is more or less ascertained or suspected and the secondary significance of foam cell production is overtly manifest.
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- C Cozzutto
- Department of Pathology, Giannina Gaslini Institute Children's Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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Pounder DJ, Iyer PV. Benign senile pyometra, endometrial cholesterol granulomas and adenosquamous carcinoma. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1985; 25:139-41. [PMID: 3863595 DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1985.tb00630.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Endometrial curettage of a 78-year-old patient with benign senile pyometra revealed endometrial cholesterol granulomas. Five years later cytological studies were suspicious of malignancy. Hysterectomy disclosed an endometrial adenosquamous carcinoma associated with cholesterol granulomas. We speculate that endometrial cholesterol granuloma, like endometrial xanthogranuloma, represents a rare morphologic variant of benign senile pyometra. Consequently a strong association with carcinoma is to be expected.
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Two cases of histiocytic endometritis are described, both characterized by total replacement of the endometrium with sheets of lipid-containing histiocytic cells. This condition appears to be a rare complication of cervical occlusion and it is suggested that the histiocytic reaction occurs as a response to a haematometra.
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Cozzutto C, Soave F. Xanthogranulomatous lymphadenitis. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. A, PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY 1979; 385:103-8. [PMID: 162095 DOI: 10.1007/bf00433545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A case of an unusual type of granulomatous lymphadenitis, initially suspected of being a malignant lymphoma, is reported. Histologically, this lesion shows a striking xanthomatous appearance, due to collections of foamy histiocytes interspersed with chronic inflammatory cells, and resulting in a storage-like aspect. Evidence indicates that this process merely represents the reabsorption and healing phases of an acute suppurative lymphadenitis, with histopathologic features comparable to those of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. The term xanthogranulomatous lymphadenitis is suggested for this previously inadequately described lesion, and the likely non-specific degenerative character of the xanthomatous response is stressed.
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