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Atypical polypoid adenomyoma treated by hysteroscopy with photodynamic diagnosis using 5-aminolevulinic acid: A case report.

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Surgical resection for atypical polypoid adenomyoma (APA) is an option for fertility preservation. Due to the high recurrence rate of APA, studies have been conducted to improve total resection of… Click to show full abstract

Surgical resection for atypical polypoid adenomyoma (APA) is an option for fertility preservation. Due to the high recurrence rate of APA, studies have been conducted to improve total resection of tumors. Photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) improves tumor resection, but this has not been applied for APA. The patient was 35-year-old. After initial treatment, the APA lesion did not disappear. We performed hysteroscopic tumor resection using 5-ALA-PDD. Only one PDD-positive lesion was found and histopathologically diagnosed as APA. Other areas were PDD-negative and showed no histopathologic APA or malignant findings. This is the first report of hysteroscopic 5-ALA-PDD for APA. This method makes it easy to identify morbid lesions, and may lead to improve total resection and decrease recurrence.

Keywords: atypical polypoid; polypoid adenomyoma; using aminolevulinic; aminolevulinic acid; photodynamic diagnosis; resection

Journal Title: Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy
Year Published: 2019

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