Difference between revisions of "Uterine cervix"

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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid19092631/>
Features:<ref name=pmid1700969>
*Like [[salivary gland]] tumour.
**[[Squamous cell carcinoma]]-like with:
**#No glands formation.
**#Intracellular mucin.
 
Notes:
*Similar to the [[salivary gland]] tumour.<ref name=pmid19092631/>


DDx:
DDx:
*[[Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]], i.e. [[CIN II]], [[CIN III]].
*[[Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]], i.e. [[CIN II]], [[CIN III]].
*Adenosquamous carcinoma.
*Adenosquamous carcinoma.
===IHC===
*CEA +ve.<ref name=pmid1700969>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Thelmo | first1 = WL. | last2 = Nicastri | first2 = AD. | last3 = Fruchter | first3 = R. | last4 = Spring | first4 = H. | last5 = DiMaio | first5 = T. | last6 = Boyce | first6 = J. | title = Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of uterine cervix stage IB. Long-term follow-up, histochemical and immunohistochemical study. | journal = Int J Gynecol Pathol | volume = 9 | issue = 4 | pages = 316-24 | month =  | year = 1990 | doi =  | PMID = 1700969 }}</ref>


===Molecular===
===Molecular===
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