Difference between revisions of "Uterine cervix"

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*Arises from the endocervical glands.
*Arises from the endocervical glands.


===Invasive adenocarcinoma===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Stromal changes - "[[desmoplastic stroma]]/[[desmoplastic reaction]]".
*Stromal changes - "[[desmoplastic stroma]]/[[desmoplastic reaction]]".
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**Not infrequently they (AIS, CIN) occur together - both are due, indirectly, to HPV infection.
**Not infrequently they (AIS, CIN) occur together - both are due, indirectly, to HPV infection.
*May be difficult to be certain of invasion.
*May be difficult to be certain of invasion.
DDx:
*[[Endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ]].
*Metastatic adenocarcinoma.


===IHC===
===IHC===
48,541

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