Case Report

Year : 2018 | Volume : 2 | Issue : 2 | Page : 34 - 36

Endometrial osteocartilaginous metaplasia: A case report and review of the literature

Yeo Yen Ching1,2, Mihir Gudi1, Josefa E. O. Vella2,3

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, 2 Department of Cellular Pathology, University Hospitals Conventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, 3 Department of Cellular Pathology, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Yeo Yen Ching, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899.

E‐mail: yeo.yen.ching@singhealth.com.sg

Abstract

Rare cases of osseous metaplasia and a single case of cartilaginous metaplasia have been reported previously but no previously reported cases of osteo-cartilagenous metaplasia were found on searching the literature. Osteo-cartilagenous metaplasia is a benign lesion which may be treated successfully with hysteroscopy. Awareness of this condition by histopathologists is important in order to avoid misdiagnosis of endometrial malignant mixed mullerian tumour. The authors report a patient with endometrial osteo-cartilagenous metaplasia, describe the clinical and histological features and review the literature on this condition.

Keywords: Cartilaginous metaplasia, endometrium, osseous metaplasia, osteocartilaginous metaplasia

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How to cite this article:

Ching Y, Gudi M, Vella JE. Endometrial osteocartilaginous metaplasia: A case report and review of the literature.

Int J Clinicopathol Correl 2018;2:34-6.