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'''Endometriosis''' causes significant morbidity and is associated with increased risk of certain [[cancer|malignancies]].
'''Endometriosis''' causes significant morbidity and is associated with increased risk of [[Endometriosis#Tumours associated with endometriosis|certain malignancies]].


==General==
==General==
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*There case reports of endometriosis in men on estrogen therapy for prostate cancer.<ref name=pmid22104297>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fukunaga | first1 = M. | title = Paratesticular endometriosis in a man with a prolonged hormonal therapy for prostatic carcinoma. | journal = Pathol Res Pract | volume = 208 | issue = 1 | pages = 59-61 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.prp.2011.10.007 | PMID = 22104297 }}</ref><ref name=pmid2418693>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Beckman | first1 = EN. | last2 = Pintado | first2 = SO. | last3 = Leonard | first3 = GL. | last4 = Sternberg | first4 = WH. | title = Endometriosis of the prostate. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 9 | issue = 5 | pages = 374-9 | month = May | year = 1985 | doi =  | PMID = 2418693 }}</ref>
*There case reports of endometriosis in men on estrogen therapy for prostate cancer.<ref name=pmid22104297>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fukunaga | first1 = M. | title = Paratesticular endometriosis in a man with a prolonged hormonal therapy for prostatic carcinoma. | journal = Pathol Res Pract | volume = 208 | issue = 1 | pages = 59-61 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.prp.2011.10.007 | PMID = 22104297 }}</ref><ref name=pmid2418693>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Beckman | first1 = EN. | last2 = Pintado | first2 = SO. | last3 = Leonard | first3 = GL. | last4 = Sternberg | first4 = WH. | title = Endometriosis of the prostate. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 9 | issue = 5 | pages = 374-9 | month = May | year = 1985 | doi =  | PMID = 2418693 }}</ref>


===Associated tumours===
===Tumours associated with endometriosis===
Endometriosis is associated with gynecologic tumours:
Endometriosis is associated with gynecologic tumours:
#[[Endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the ovary]].<ref name=pmid18707869>{{cite journal |author=Nagle CM, Olsen CM, Webb PM, Jordan SJ, Whiteman DC, Green AC |title=Endometrioid and clear cell ovarian cancers: a comparative analysis of risk factors |journal=Eur. J. Cancer |volume=44 |issue=16 |pages=2477-84 |year=2008 |month=November |pmid=18707869 |doi=10.1016/j.ejca.2008.07.009 |url=}}</ref>
#[[Endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the ovary]].<ref name=pmid18707869>{{cite journal |author=Nagle CM, Olsen CM, Webb PM, Jordan SJ, Whiteman DC, Green AC |title=Endometrioid and clear cell ovarian cancers: a comparative analysis of risk factors |journal=Eur. J. Cancer |volume=44 |issue=16 |pages=2477-84 |year=2008 |month=November |pmid=18707869 |doi=10.1016/j.ejca.2008.07.009 |url=}}</ref>
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