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*Look like sex cord tumour:<ref>URL: [http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v19/n1/full/3800475a.html http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v19/n1/full/3800475a.html]. Accessed on: 5 August 2010.</ref>
*Look like sex cord tumour:<ref>URL: [http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v19/n1/full/3800475a.html http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v19/n1/full/3800475a.html]. Accessed on: 5 August 2010.</ref>
**May have: anastomosing cords, [[trabeculae]], small nests and/or tubules.
**May have: anastomosing cords, [[trabeculae]], small nests and/or tubules.
==Atypical polypoid adenomyoma of the uterus==
*[[AKA]] ''atypical polypoid adenomyoma''.
===General===
*Very rare.<ref name=pmid21684185>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Terada | first1 = T. | title = Atypical polypoid adenomyoma of the uterus: an immunohistochemical study on 5 cases. | journal = Ann Diagn Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 5 | pages = 338-41 | month = Oct | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.03.008 | PMID = 21684185 }}</ref>
*Reproductive age women.
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid17050990>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jakus | first1 = S. | last2 = Edmonds | first2 = P. | last3 = Dunton | first3 = C. | last4 = Holland | first4 = G. | title = Atypical polypoid adenomyoma mimicking cervical adenocarcinoma. | journal = J Low Genit Tract Dis | volume = 6 | issue = 1 | pages = 33-8 | month = Jan | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 17050990 }}</ref>
*Glands with irregular (non-ovoid) shapes.
*Benign smooth muscle around the glands.
*Squamous metaplasia - very common.
*Nuclear atypia (mild).
DDx:
*[[Endometrioid endometrial carcinoma]].
*Endocervical adenocarcinoma.
Images:
*[http://www.pathologypics.com/PictView.aspx?ID=1220 APA (pathologypics.com)].
===IHC===
Features (glandular component):<ref name=pmid21684185/>
*AE1/AE3 +ve.
*CK7 +ve.
*ER +ve.
*PR +ve.
Significant negative (glandular component):<ref name=pmid21684185/>
*CK20 -ve.
*CEA -ve.


=See also=
=See also=
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