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Revision as of 02:39, 25 April 2014
The uterine cervix, also simply cervix, is the gateway to the uterine corpus. It is not infrequently afflicted by cancer -- squamous cell carcinoma. Prior to routine Pap tests it was a leading cause of cancer death in women in the Western world.
Polyps associated with the cervix are discussed the cervical polyp article.
Cytopathology of the uterine cervix is dealt with in the gynecologic cytopathology article.
Introduction
Overview
- Most cervix cancer is squamous cell carcinoma.
- An effective screening test to detect this is the Pap test, which is dealt with in the gynecologic cytopathology article.
- The work-up of a suspicious Pap test is a colposcopic examination and biopsies, which are the topic of this article.
Indications for coloposcopic exam (based on the ASCCP Consensus Guidelines of 2001):[1]
- High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL).
- Repeated low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL).
- Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) and a positive HPV test.
- ASC-H.
- Atypical glandular cells (AGC) not otherwise specified.
- Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS).
Colposcopic examination
- Performed by gynecologists.
- Exam usually includes a search for acetowhite epithelium (AWE); this is accomplished by the application of acetic acid (to help identify lesions for biopsy).
- Neoplastic cervical lesions are typically white.[2]
- Squamous metaplasia is also white.[3]
- Cervical ectropian (AKA cervical eversion, AKA ectropian) = endocervical epithelium at external os, considered benign, grossly has a granulation tissue-like appearance.[4]
Cervical specimens
Cytology
- Pap test - see gynecologic cytopathology.
Biopsies
The types of biopsies that are done are:
- Cervical biopsies - prompted by abnormal Pap test, e.g. HSIL, to look for squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix.
- Endocervical curettage (ECC) - to work-up columnar dysplasia, e.g. endocervical adenocarcinoma/endometrial adenocarcinoma.
Surgical specimens
- Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP).
- Radical trachelectomy - removal of the uterine cervix and parametria, preserves fertility.
- Radical hysterectomy - advanced cervical carcinoma (Stage IA2 and Stage IB1), recurrent carcinoma.[7]
Other
- Total abdominal hysterectomy - for non-cervical pathology, e.g. uterine leiomyomas, uterine adenomyosis.
- Radical hysterectomy - for endometrial carcinoma with endocervical involvement.
Normal histology
Features:
- The uterine cervix consists of non-keratinized squamous epithelium and simple columnar epithelium.
- The area of overlap (between squamous & columnar) is known as the "transformation zone".[8]
- Also known as "transition zone".
Notes:
- Considered from the perspective of histology:
- The squamous component is referred to as the exocervix (or ectocervix[9]).
- The simple columnar (or glandular) component is referred to as the endocervix.
Images:
Negative LEEP
Transformation zone - biopsy
Microscopic
Features:
- Small round cells.
- Usually no halos.
- May be seen in pseudokoilocytes.
- No nuclear membrane irregularities.
- No nuclear hyperchromasia.
Images
NILM with pseudokoilocytes - intermed. mag. (WC)
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UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY: - TRANSFORMATION ZONE WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA.
UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY: - SQUAMOUS MUCOSA WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. - STRIPPED ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA.
Endocervical glands
Microscopic
Features: Cervical glands normally have round nuclei and vaguely resemble the colonic mucosa.
Notes:
- If the nuclei are columnar think cancer! This is like in the colon-- columnar nuclei = badness.
- Memory device: The Cs (Cervix & Colon) are similar.
- Endocervical epithelium (ECE) has a morphology similar to the epithelium of secretory phase endometrium (SPE):
- ECE - grey foamy appearing cytoplasm.
- SPE - eosinophilic cytoplasm.
- Most useful feature to differentiate ECE and SPE is the accompanying stroma.
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UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - ENDOCERVICAL MUCOSA AND STRIPPED ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
Inflamed with squamous epithelium
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - BENIGN STRIPPED ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM AND SCANT INFLAMED ENDOCERVICAL MUCOSA. - VERY SCANT SUPERFICIAL SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY.
Squamous epithelium present
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - ENDOCERVICAL MUCOSA WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. - SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY.
Endometrium present
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - ENDOCERVICAL MUCOSA WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. - SCANT NON-PROLIFERATIVE ENDOMETRIUM.
Inflamed
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - INFLAMED ENDOCERVICAL MUCOSA. - REACTIVE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM. - NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - BENIGN INFLAMED ENDOCERVICAL MUCOSA. - STRIPPED ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
No stroma present
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - STRIPPED ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY.
Limited tissue
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - ONE MINUTE FRAGMENT OF ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY, SEE COMMENT. - VERY SCANT SUPERFICIAL SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. COMMENT: The assessment is severely limited by the small amount of tissue. A re-biopsy should be considered within the clinical context.
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - ONE MINUTE FRAGMENT OF ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY, SEE COMMENT. - VERY SCANT SUPERFICIAL SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. COMMENT: The assessment is severely limited by the small amount of tissue. Clinical correlation is suggested.
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - BENIGN SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITH METAPLASTIC CHANGE. - VERY SCANT BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM, SUBOPTIMAL SAMPLING.
UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY: - MINUTE FRAGMENTS OF SUPERFICIAL SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. - SCANT MUCOUS AND INFLAMMATORY CELLS. - SEE COMMENT. COMMENT: The assessment is severely limited by the small amount of tissue. A re-biopsy should be considered within the clinical context.
Inadequate biopsy
- Unfortunately, inadequate biopsies are common.
Endocervix
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No endocervical epithelium
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITHOUT APPARENT PATHOLOGY. - NO ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM IDENTIFIED. - MUCOUS AND INFLAMMATORY CELLS.
No epithelium
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - MUCOUS AND INFLAMMATORY CELLS. - NO EPITHELIUM IDENTIFIED.
No tissue
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - NO TISSUE PRESENT, SEE COMMENT. COMMENT: No tissue identified on gross or microscopy.
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - NO TISSUE PRESENT, SEE COMMENT. COMMENT: No tissue identified on microscopy. No tissue is seen on inspection of the paraffin block.
Where to start
- Identify epithelium - exocervical (stratified squamous), endocervical (simple columnar), both.
- If there is both exocervix and endocervix --> transition zone.
- Identify possible squamous lesions.
- Identify possible endocervical lesions.
Benign
Nabothian cyst
General
- Benign.
- Common.
Gross
- Bump.
- Pale colour.
DDx - clinical:
Image
Microscopic
Features:
- Simple endocervical cyst.
- Usually lined by endocervical epithelial cells - may be flattened.
- Columnar morphology with large clear, apical vacuoles.
- +/-Macrophages.
- +/-Mucus.
- Usually lined by endocervical epithelial cells - may be flattened.
Note:
- May be lined by tubal epithelium.
- Cilia.
- High NC ratio ~ 1:1.[citation needed]
Image:
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CERVICAL POLYP, REMOVAL: - BENIGN POLYPOID FRAGMENT OF EXOCERVICAL MUCOSA WITH NABOTHIAN CYSTS AND BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM.
POLYPOID LESION ("CERVICAL POLYP"), EXCISION: - POLYPOID NABOTHIAN CYST.
Tunnel cluster
General
- Benign.[10]
- Not the same as microglandular hyperplasia.[11]
- Considered a special type of nabothian cyst.[12]
Microscopic
- Well-circumscribed lesion consisting of:
- Benign endocervical glands.
- Dilated & filled with mucin or (less commonly) eosinophilic secretions.
- Lining epithelium compressed/flattened (attenuated).
- Gland architecture: branching, tortuous.
- Scant intervening stroma.
Notes:
- Usually no nuclear atypia and no mitotic activity.
- Important only as one could possibly mistake it as minimal deviation adenocarcinoma, AKA adenoma malignum.[15]
Images
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Microglandular hyperplasia
- Not to be confused with microglandular adenosis.
- Abbreviated MGH.
- AKA microglandular change.
Wolffian duct hyperplasia
General
- Benign.
Microscopic
Features:
- Abundant small tubules with a simple cuboidal epithelium.
- Round small bland nucleus.
DDx:
Stains
- PAS-D+ve (cytoplasm).
Squamous metaplasia of the uterine cervix
- Abbreviated SMC.
General
- Benign process: columnar cells -> squamoid cells.
- Biologic response to irritation and/or inflammation.
Gross
Microscopic
Features:
- Uniform cell spacing - no crowding - key feature.
- Nuclei are uniform size and round.
- Nucleoli present.
- Distinct cell borders
- +/-Intercellular bridges (due to edema) - common.
- Adjacent/closely associated with columnar epithelium.
- Columnar epithelium superficial in immature metaplasia.
Negatives:
- No mitoses (think cancer/CIN if you see 'em).
- Usually no hyperchromatism (think cancer/CIN if you see it).
Notes:
- NC ratio high - possible to confuse with CIN III.
- May have goblet cells - uncommon.[16]
DDx:
- CIN II - esp. for immature squamous metaplasia.
- CIN III.
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix.
Images:
- Squamous metaplasia - cervix (sciencephoto.com).
- Squamous metaplasia - bronchus (WC).
- Squamous metaplasia - cytology (techriver.net).
- Immature squamous metaplasia (eurocytology.eu).[17]
IHC
- p16 weak-to-moderate patchy +ve -- checkerboard-like; not full thickness.
- Strong diffuse full thickness positivity in HSIL and SCC.
- Ki-67 - low proliferative rate.
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ECC
UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - SQUAMOUS METAPLASTIC EPITHELIUM. - VERY SCANT STRIPPED ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM.
Cervical biopsy
UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY: - SQUAMOUS METAPLASTIC EPITHELIUM. - SCANT BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL GLANDS.
UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY: - SQUAMOUS METAPLASTIC EPITHELIUM. - SCANT BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL GLANDS. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
Micro
The sections show stratified squamous epithelium. The cells are equally spaced and spaces are seen between the cells (edema).
The nuclei are not significantly enlarged (<3x resting lymphocyte diameter). No nuclear halos are apparent. The nuclear membranes are regular. Mild inflammation is present. Nucleoli are present focally.
No endocervical cells are identified.
Reactive squamous epithelium of the uterine cervix
General
Microscopic
Features:
- Inflammation - key feature.
- Lymphocytes.
- Plasma cells.
- Mild nuclear enlargement. †
- Nucleoli - important.
Note:
- † Normal squamous cell nuclei are approximately 8 μm.[19]
- Mild enlargement ~ 2-3x normal.
- CIN I nuclei are ~ 3x normal (24 μm).
DDx:
IHC
- p16 -ve.
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UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY: - REACTIVE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM. - BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL GLANDS. - NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
COMMENT: The squamous epithelium is negative for p16 staining. Ki-67 staining is predominantly in the lower third of the epithelium.
Tubal metaplasia of the uterine cervix
- AKA tubal metaplasia, abbreviated TM.
General
- Benign.
- Mimics the appearance of AIS - especially at low power.
Microscopic
Features - like the fallopian tube:
- Nuclear crowding vis-à-vis benign endocervical epithelium (low power).
- Mixed cell population (high power):
- Peg cells - "tall" and "skinny".
- Columnar/golf tee-like appearance.
- Ciliated cells - cilia, pale cytoplasm, round central nucleus.
- Secretory cells - non-ciliated, basophilic cytoplasm, round small basal nuclei.
- Peg cells - "tall" and "skinny".
DDx:
Image:
IHC
Features:[20]
- Vimentin +ve.
- CEA -ve/+ve.
- p16 -ve.[citation needed]
Atrophy of the uterine cervix
Radiation changes of the endocervical epithelium
General
- Uncommon.
- Clinical history: radiation treatment for cervical carcinoma.[21]
Microscopic
Features:[21]
- Nuclear enlargement with a normal NC ratio.
- +/-Coarse chromatin.
- +/-Nucleoli.
- +/-Multinucleation - very common.
- Histiocytes - common.
Reactive endocervical cells
General
- Benign.
Microscopic
Features:
- Mild nuclear enlargement.
- +/-Multinucleation.[22]
Notes: DDx of multinucleated endocervical cells:
Images
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Non-invasive
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
- Previously known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical dysplasia.
Endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ
- For the cytology see Gynecologic cytopathology#Endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ
- AKA adenocarcinoma in situ, abbreviated AIS.
Cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix
- AKA cervical squamous cell carcinoma.
Adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
Uncommon non-invasive
Stratified mucin-producing intraepithelial lesions of the cervix
- Abbreviated SMILE (Stratified Mucin-producing Intraepithelial LEsion).
General
- Rare.
- Often accompanied by cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and adenocarcinoma in situ.[24]
Microscopic
Features:[24]
- Stratified epithelium with:
- Nuclear atypia.
- Cytoplasmic clearing or vacuoles in lesions - through-out.
DDx:
Images:
IHC
Features:
- Ki-67 high.
- Keratin 14 -ve.
- p63 +ve/-ve -- only basal if positive.
Uncommon types of cervical cancer
There are a number of uncommon type of cervical cancer.
Serous carcinoma of the uterine cervix
General
- Poor prognosis.[26]
- Extremely rare.
Microscopic
Features:
- Like other serous carcinomas.
Adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Clear cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Small cell carcinoma of the cervix
- Like small cell carcinoma elsewhere.
DDx:
IHC
- HPV +ve.
Adenoid basal carcinoma
- See also: Basal cell carcinoma.
General
- Good prognosis.[27]
Microscopic
Features:[27]
- Nests of cells with basaloid rim and squamoid center.
- Basaloid cells look benign.
DDx:
- Ectopic prostate gland.
Image:
Glassy cell carcinoma
Villoglandular adenocarcinoma of the cervix
- AKA well-differentiated papillary villoglandular adenocarcinoma,[28] AKA villoglandular papillary adenocarcinoma, AKA well-differentiated villoglandular adenocarcinoma.
General
- Rare.
- Younger patients and relatively good prognosis.[29]
- Associated with HPV.
- May also arise from the endometrium.[30]
Microscopic
Features:[31]
- Papillary structures (nipple-like shapes with a fibrovascular core) that are long.
- Nobody defines "long".
- Perhaps - long >3:1 length:width.
- Nobody defines "long".
- Covered by columnar (or cuboidal) epithelium.
- Intracellular mucin (focal).
DDx:
- Serous carcinoma of the cervix.
Images
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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the uterine cervix
General
- Controversial - not in the WHO.[32]
Microscopic
Features:[33]
- 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:
- Similar to the salivary gland tumour.[32]
DDx:
- Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, i.e. CIN II, CIN III.
- Adenosquamous carcinoma.
Stains
Mucin stains:[33]
IHC
- CEA +ve.[33]
Molecular
Like the salivary gland tumour:
- t(11;19) CRTC1/MAML2.[32]
Mesonephric adenocarcinoma
General
- Arises from the mesonephric duct remnants.
Microscopic
Features:[34]
- Nuclear atypia - key feature.
- Nuclear crowding.
- Variable architecture:
- Tubular, papillary, solid, retiform (net-like[35]).
DDx:
- Mesonephric duct remnants.
- Cervical adenocarcinoma.
- Colorectal adenocarcinoma.
- Endometrioid adenocarcinoma.
IHC
Features:[34]
- CK7 +ve.
- CD10 +ve.
Others:[34]
- CK20 -ve.
- ER -ve.
- PR -ve.
- CEA -ve.
Minimal deviation adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
General
- Rare and difficult diagnosis.[36]
- Requires a deep sampling;[37] thus, usually diagnosed on cone biopsy or hysterectomy.
- Associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.[38][39]
- Poor prognosis.[15]
Microscopic
Features:[40]
- Deep infiltrating glands - key feature.
- Desmoplastic stroma - may be subtle.
- Perivascular and/or perineural location.
- Minimal nuclear atypia.
- Abnormal gland morphology[15] / loss of lobular (gland) architecture. †
Note:
- † Not a criterion required by all pathologists.[36]
DDx:[36]
- Adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix - has "obvious" nuclear atypia.
- Tunnel cluster.
IHC
Features:
- CEA +ve.[15]
- p16 -ve.[citation needed]
See also
References
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