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Atypical endometriosis and other benigne diseases in a perimenopausal patient taking Tamoxifen for breast cancer
G Rosenow, M David, S Mechsner, IS Magalov, T Papadopoulos, AD Ebert · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2008 · Heft 09
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2008
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For woman taking tamoxifen, recent data strongly support the estrogen agonist role of tamoxifen as a causal factor for the increased risk of endometriosis, but also of leiomyomas, endometrial polyps, and endometrial hyperplasia. Case Report: A 54-year-old perimenopausal woman on tamoxifen (20mg/d), gravida 0, with a surgically treated invasive-lobular breast cancer with extensive carcinoma lobulare in situ (pT2 (m) pN0 (snl) pL0 G2 pTis (LCLIS) R0 M0 Ki–67 1%, ER+, PR+, Her–2 neu negative) was referred for evaluation of a pelvic mass. The ultrasonographic examination did show a regular endometrium, 1 uterine myo…
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Tamoxifen
Breast Cancer
Endometriosis
uterus myomatosus
Breast
Aromatase
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