Title: Die Adenomyome und Cystadenome der Uterus- und Tubenwandung
Description: THE DERIVATION OF ‘‘ADENOMYOTIC EPITHELIUM’’: VON RECKLINGHAUSEN AND THE WOLFFIAN BODY THEORY
Although von Rokitansky accurately described the histologic and morphologic features of endometriosis and adenomyosis he did not discuss the theory of its origin. That would take an-
other 33 years, when the well-known Berlin-based pathologist Friedrich von Recklinghausen published a description of a series of adenomyotic uteri and endometriotic nodules, suggesting that these tumors derived from the Wolffian body.

See more-> doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.086
Subjects: Uterus, Tumors, Uterine Neoplasms, Mesonephros, Wolffian body, Adenoma, Cystadenoma, Fallopian Tube Neoplasms