Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer. Presentation of a case report and review of the literature.

Endometriosis is a frequent benign disease presenting in more than 10% of women in reproductive age. Although its course is usually benign, it has characteristics of malignant disease, such as progressive course, implantation at distant sites, creation of a microenvironment that renders its course independent and mobilization of the immune system in order to prevent its destruction. Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) is encountered in 0.

Repetitive complete molar pregnancy in a 54-year-old patient in a time distance of eighteen years from the first incident: case report and mini review.

We report a case of complete hydatidiform mole in a 54-year-old patient referred to Gynecology department of General Hospital of Athens "Laiko", with history of previous molar pregnancy at the age of thirty-six. Our purpose was to indicate the advanced maternal age beside the long recurrence distance of the disease, which was eighteen years after the first molar pregnancy. Our diagnostic approach was through measurement of serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG) and pelvic ultrasound evaluation, and the chosen therapeutic approach was abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingoophorectomy.

Pure vulvar Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a case report and literature review.

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the female genital tract is a very rare disease. Only 16 cases of primary vulvar LCH without subsequent systemic spread of disease have previously been published in the literature. We describe an additional case of LCH in which the lesion was confined to the vulva.