Decidua en la superficie peritoneal imitando nódulos metastásicos. Hallazgos durante una intervención cesárea

Authors

  • Daniel Piccinni Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31053/1853.0605.v59.n1.36796

Keywords:

Decidua, Metaplasia, Coelomic stroma

Abstract

The occurrence of cctopic decidua has been observed rnost often in the ovaries, uterus, and cervix. A peritoneal localization is less frequent and usually an asymptomatic incidental finding. Ectopic decidua was investigated in biopsies taken during cesarean sections, electíve tubal ligations, appendectomy and in tubal pregnancies. ITistologic studies have been carried out of fragments from the epiploon, appendiceal serosa, tubal serosa, retroperitoneal lymph nodes and various abdominal organs. Our purpose is to report a case of peritoneal deciduosis in a 46-year-o1d woman, asymptomatic, discovered during cesarean section and rniniicking metastatic nodules (in- cidental linding). The histopathological diag- nosis was done based on specimen studied with the common technique of paraffin embcdding and hematoxilin - eosin staining. Wc believe that this decidual transformation of the peritoneurn arises from a pro gesterone-induced metaplasia of the coelomic stroma, being often a totally reversible phenomenon.

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Author Biography

  • Daniel Piccinni, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas

    Servicio de Anatomía Patológica. Hospital de Urgencias.
    II Cátedra de Patología.

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2002-03-30

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Piccinni D. Decidua en la superficie peritoneal imitando nódulos metastásicos. Hallazgos durante una intervención cesárea. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba [Internet]. 2002 Mar. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];59(1):113-6. Available from: https://revistas.psi.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/36796

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