Adenomatoid tumour of the ovary and uterus in the same patient.

The paper describes an unusual case of two adenomatoid tumours in one patient. The first tumour was diagnosed in a hysterectomy specimen, when the patient was 39 years old. A wedge-shaped fragment was intraoperatively obtained from the left ovary. An adenomatoid tumour of the left ovary was diagnosed two years later. Multiple talc granulomas, inclusion cysts, and adhesions were found in close proximity to the tumour. It seems from this observation and from the reviewed literature that talc crystals as well as repair and inflammatory processes should be taken into account as initiating factors in the development of ovarian adenomatoid tumours in patients with susceptibility to such tumours.