uterine adenosarcoma: a case report and review of literature

Uterine adenosarcoma (ua) is an infrequent malignancy which contains the epithelium of benign glands and malignant mesenchymal elements. low-grade adenosarcoma has a sarcomatous part that is uniformly low grade. uterine adenosarcoma includes 8% of all uterine sarcomas and less than 0.2% of uterine neoplasms. it is more common in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women. due to the rarity of uterine adenosarcoma, limited information is available to help guide treatment.a 33-year-old woman, who had one child referred to ????  with a complaint of abnormal uterine bleeding for one year; the sonography reported a polyp in fundal cavity of uterus. the patient underwent hysteroscopy and curettage. the pathology examination revealed uterine adenosarcoma which led to a total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.abnormal uterine bleeding is the most common symptom of ua. at a young age there is a possibility of misdiagnosis. hysteroscopy should also be performed if symptomatic or enlarge polypoid lesions are diagnosed preoperatively.