An endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from the ovary. It comprises 10% to 25% of all primary ovarian carcinomas. Grossly, endometrioid carcinoma may present as a cystic or solid mass. Microscopically, the tumor greatly resembles the appearance of the ordinary type of endometrial adenocarcinoma. As a group, endometrioid carcinoma has a prognosis twice as good as that of serous or mucinous carcinoma.
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endometrioid adenocarcinoma of ovary; endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the ovary; endometrioid cancer of ovary; endometrioid cancer of the ovary; endometrioid carcinoma of ovary; endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary; endometrioid carcinoma ovary; endometrium adenocarcinoma of ovary; ovarian endometrioid carcinoma; ovary endometrium adenocarcinoma