Although the incidence of ovarian metastases of adenocarcinoma of the cervix is significantly higher, squamous cell carcinoma may also metastasize to the ovaries by endometrial and transtubal spreading in the absence of lymph node involvement. Especially in young patients for whom preservation of the ovaries is supposed, gross intraoperative inspection of the radical hysterectomy specimen and endometrium should be done and ovaries should be evaluated carefully.
These data suggest that VEGF +405 GC genotype and +405G allele may be associated with the risk of developing early and advanced stage endometriosis in the Turkish population.
The existence of sarcomatous nodules combined with the SLMN necessitates a careful histologic analysis for treatment and the determination of prognosis. However, too few cases of mixed type mural nodules have been published to warrant a conclusion regarding their prognosis.
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