[Malignant mixed müllerian tumor of the uterus following tamoxifen for breast cancer: case report].

Gynecol Obstet Fertil

Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France. Electronic address:

Published: February 2008

Tamoxifen is an antioestrogen widely used in the breast cancer treatment. Its paradoxical antioestrogenic action on breast and its oestrogenic action on the endometer is well-known. Since 1988, few cases of malignant mixed müllerian tumors following tamoxifen were described. We report a new case of uterine malignant mixed müllerian tumor four years after the end of tamoxifen for breast cancer.

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