Spinal intradural müllerianosis: a case report

• Autores: Valeria Barresi, S. Cerasoli, Enrica Vitarelli, R. Donati
• Localización: Histology and histopathology: cellular and molecular biology, ISSN-e 1699-5848, ISSN 0213-3911, Vol. 21, Nº. 10, 2006, págs. 1111-1114
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Müllerianosis is a term used to indicate lesions composed of an admixture of two or three types of müllerian-derivation glands in heterotopic sites. In this report we describe a case of spinal cord müllerianosis which occurred in a 42-year-old woman. The patient had suffered from catamenial lumbago and sciatica of three years duration before undergoing laminectomy of L2-L3 with excision of a polypoid mass that compressed nerve trunks.

    At histological examination, the lesion was composed of endocervical, endometrial and tubal glands within a smooth muscle nodule. These features were consistent with a diagnosis of müllerianosis.

    This is a very uncommon form of presentation of müllerianosis that