Alberto Pizarro Gallardo^(1)
(1)Facultad de Medicina U.A.N. - Tepic. Mexico

	[Obstetrics & Gynecology]
		[Oncology]	[Pathology]

DISCUSSION

The MAU are rare biphasic neoplasm with two component benign glands and malignant stroma.

AMU tumors was separated from the othes uterine sarcomas because of its unique histologic features and its less agressive clinical behavior.

All cases of MAU tumors were in postmenopausal women with vaginal bleeding, five with enlargement of uterus and two with polyp in cervix. All arose within the endometrium and containedsix cases homologous stromal elements and one case heterologous element with cartilage.

Our studied 54 cells, 24 were epitelial and 30 mesenchymatous cells. There were differences in the epithelial and stromal cells on : form of cells, index nuclei- cytoplasm, Golgi apparatus, microvilli, cilia, inclusions, basal lamina.

The malignant stromal cells were 21 mature cells and 9 immature cells. One patient preseted heterologous elements with cartilage tissue in the MAU

Discussion Board

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	[Obstetrics & Gynecology]
		[Oncology]	[Pathology]

Alberto Pizarro Gallardo
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