Difference between revisions of "Uterine cervix"

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===General===
===General===
*Associated with ''diethylstilbestrol'' exposure ''in utero''.<ref name=pmid19857300>{{Cite journal  | last1 = van Dijck | first1 = JA. | last2 = Doorduijn | first2 = Y. | last3 = Bulten | first3 = JH. | last4 = Verloop | first4 = J. | last5 = Massuger | first5 = LF. | last6 = Kiemeney | first6 = BA. | title = [Vaginal and cervical cancer due to diethylstilbestrol (DES); end epidemic] | journal = Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd | volume = 153 | issue =  | pages = A366 | month =  | year = 2009 | doi =  | PMID = 19857300 }}</ref>
*Associated with ''diethylstilbestrol'' exposure ''in utero''.<ref name=pmid19857300>{{Cite journal  | last1 = van Dijck | first1 = JA. | last2 = Doorduijn | first2 = Y. | last3 = Bulten | first3 = JH. | last4 = Verloop | first4 = J. | last5 = Massuger | first5 = LF. | last6 = Kiemeney | first6 = BA. | title = [Vaginal and cervical cancer due to diethylstilbestrol (DES); end epidemic] | journal = Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd | volume = 153 | issue =  | pages = A366 | month =  | year = 2009 | doi =  | PMID = 19857300 }}</ref>
*Less common in the cervix - when compared to other gynecologic sites.<ref name=Ref_WMSP442>{{Ref WMSP|442}}</ref>
**More common in the [[clear cell carcinoma of the endometrium|endometrium]].<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Babić | first1 = D. | last2 = Kos | first2 = M. | last3 = Jukić | first3 = S. | last4 = Ilić | first4 = J. | last5 = Vecek | first5 = N. | last6 = Kos | first6 = M. | last7 = Mahnik | first7 = N. | title = [Clear cell carcinoma of the female genital tract]. | journal = Jugosl Ginekol Perinatol | volume = 31 | issue = 3-4 | pages = 102-4 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 1749271 }}</ref>


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*[[HPV]] does '''not''' appear to be important in the oncogenesis.<ref name=pmid21620450>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kocken | first1 = M. | last2 = Baalbergen | first2 = A. | last3 = Snijders | first3 = PJ. | last4 = Bulten | first4 = J. | last5 = Quint | first5 = WG. | last6 = Smedts | first6 = F. | last7 = Meijer | first7 = CJ. | last8 = Helmerhorst | first8 = TJ. | title = High-risk human papillomavirus seems not involved in DES-related and of limited importance in nonDES related clear-cell carcinoma of the cervix. | journal = Gynecol Oncol | volume = 122 | issue = 2 | pages = 297-302 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.05.002 | PMID = 21620450 }}</ref>
===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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