There are several ovarian tumours associated with endometrial thickening and this is often due to oestrogenic effects of the ovarian tumour.
Such tumours include:
- ovarian epithelial tumours
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endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary
- may have synchronous endometrial carcinoma or endometrial hyperplasia, present in up to a 1/3 of cases
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endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary
- ovarian sex cord-stromal tumours 2