Kumar Nikhil, Lakra Prima Shuchita, Sinha Ranwir Kumar, Roy Asitava Deb, Saha Debarshi, Sinha Jitendra Kumar
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Pathology/Lab Medicine, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India.
IQ City Medical College and Hospital, Pathology/Lab Medicine, Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
Autops Case Rep. 2023 Jul 19;13:e2023439. doi: 10.4322/acr.2023.439. eCollection 2023.
Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a rare benign inflammatory lesion characterized by sheets of lipid-laden foamy histiocytes. It has been reported in various organs, mainly the kidney and gall bladder. Xanthogranulomatous endometritis (XGE) is sporadic, with only a few cases reported in the English medical literature. Herein, we report a case of xanthogranulomatous endometritis with the formation of stones in a 50-year-old female patient with a prolapsed uterus. Grossly the endometrium was irregular, and the uterine cavity was filled with a yellow friable material, a polypoid growth, and yellowish stones. The microscopy showed sheets of histiocytes with few preserved endometrial glands. In this case, the xanthogranulomatous inflammation may mimic a clear cell carcinoma involving the endometrium and myometrium. One of the important differential diagnoses is malakoplakia. Immunohistochemistry and special stains are helpful in diagnosis.
黄色肉芽肿性炎症是一种罕见的良性炎症性病变,其特征为成片的充满脂质的泡沫状组织细胞。它已在各种器官中被报道,主要是肾脏和胆囊。黄色肉芽肿性子宫内膜炎(XGE)较为散发性,英文医学文献中仅报道了少数病例。在此,我们报告一例50岁子宫脱垂女性患者发生的伴有结石形成的黄色肉芽肿性子宫内膜炎。大体上,子宫内膜不规则,宫腔内充满黄色易碎物质、息肉样生长物及淡黄色结石。显微镜检查显示成片的组织细胞,仅保留少数子宫内膜腺体。在这种情况下,黄色肉芽肿性炎症可能酷似累及子宫内膜和肌层的透明细胞癌。重要的鉴别诊断之一是软斑病。免疫组织化学和特殊染色有助于诊断。