Acetato de ulipristal en el diagnóstico diferencial de carcinoma de endometrio

Abstract

Uterine fibroids are the most common genital tumors and the most common treatment is surgery. Actually there is an effective medical treatment to reduce its volume and the symptoms. It is ulipristal acetate (UA), a selective progesterone receptor modulator. In the endometrium it can cause some peculiar histological changes. We present a patient with symptomatic uterine fibroid with UA, and it was difficult to make differential diagnosis with endometrial cancer.