Difference between revisions of "Uterine cervix"

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# Both perinuclear clearing and nuclear changes are essential.
# Both perinuclear clearing and nuclear changes are essential.
# Benign cells have a small nucleus that is peripheral.
# Benign cells have a small nucleus that is peripheral.
==Stratified mucin-producing intraepithelial lesions of the cervix==
*Abbreviated ''SMILE'' ('''S'''tratified '''M'''ucin-producing '''I'''ntraepithelial '''LE'''sion).
===General===
*Rare.
*Often accompanied by [[cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]] and [[adenocarcinoma in situ]].<ref name=pmid11023104/>
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid11023104>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Park | first1 = JJ. | last2 = Sun | first2 = D. | last3 = Quade | first3 = BJ. | last4 = Flynn | first4 = C. | last5 = Sheets | first5 = EE. | last6 = Yang | first6 = A. | last7 = McKeon | first7 = F. | last8 = Crum | first8 = CP. | title = Stratified mucin-producing intraepithelial lesions of the cervix: adenosquamous or columnar cell neoplasia? | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 10 | pages = 1414-9 | month = Oct | year = 2000 | doi =  | PMID = 11023104 }}</ref>
*Stratified epithelium with:
**Nuclear atypia.
**Cytoplasmic clearing or vacuoles in lesions - through-out.
DDx:
*[[HSIL]].
**Mucin may be present superficially.<ref name=pmid11023104/>
===IHC===
Features:
*Ki-67 high.
*Keratin 14 -ve.
*p63 +ve/-ve -- only basal if positive.


=Cancer=
=Cancer=
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