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→Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the uterine cervix
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features:<ref name=pmid1700969> | Features:<ref name=pmid1700969/> | ||
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma]]-like with: | |||
*#No glands formation. | |||
**# | *#Intracellular mucin. | ||
*#*Classically have ''mucous cells'' - cells with abundant fluffy cytoplasm and large mucin vacuoles - '''key feature'''. | |||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
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*[[Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]], i.e. [[CIN II]], [[CIN III]]. | *[[Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]], i.e. [[CIN II]], [[CIN III]]. | ||
*Adenosquamous carcinoma. | *Adenosquamous carcinoma. | ||
===Stains=== | |||
Mucin stains:<ref name=pmid1700969/> | |||
*[[Alcian blue stain]] | |||
*[[PAS-D|Periodic acid-Schiff-diastase stain]]. | |||
===IHC=== | ===IHC=== | ||