Ovarian endometrioid carcinoma and endometriosis developing in a postmenopausal breast cancer patient during tamoxifen therapy: a case report and review of the literature

Gynecol Oncol. 1994 Dec;55(3 Pt 1):443-7. doi: 10.1006/gyno.1994.1319.

Abstract

We present the first case of ovarian endometrioid carcinoma and endometriosis in a postmenopausal patient who was treated with tamoxifen for breast cancer. The association with prolonged unopposed estrogen-like stimulation with tamoxifen as a possible factor in the development of ovarian endometrioid carcinoma is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / chemically induced*
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / pathology
  • Endometriosis / chemically induced*
  • Endometriosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / chemically induced*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Postmenopause*
  • Tamoxifen / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Tamoxifen