Difference between revisions of "Uterine cervix"

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*[[AKA]] ''atrophy of the cervix''.
*[[AKA]] ''atrophy of the cervix''.
*[[AKA]] ''cervix with atrophic changes''.
*[[AKA]] ''cervix with atrophic changes''.
===General===
{{Main|Uterine cervix with atrophic changes}}
*Common.
*Post-menupausal.
*Important to recognize and differentiate from [[HSIL]].
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Cells smaller.
*Cytoplasm grey/blue.
*No "dancing"/"sparkling" chromatin.
*No mitoses.
 
DDx:
*[[HSIL]].
 
====Images====
www:
*[http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=93 Atrophic cervix (nih.techriver.net)].
*[http://www.flickriver.com/photos/euthman/3884912676/ Atrophic cervix (flickriver.com/euthman)].
*[http://www.eurocytology.eu/static/eurocytology/image/mod1newa.jpg Atrophic changes in the vagina (eurocytology.eu)].<ref>URL: [http://www.eurocytology.eu/static/eurocytology/TUR/cervical/LP1ContentLcontC.html http://www.eurocytology.eu/static/eurocytology/TUR/cervical/LP1ContentLcontC.html]. Accessed on: 13 December 2013.</ref>
 
===IHC===
*p16 -ve.
*Ki-67 rare basal cells.
 
===Sign out===
<pre>
UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY:
- SQUAMOUS MUCOSA WITH ATROPHIC CHANGES.
- BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM.
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA.
 
COMMENT:
A p16 immunostain is negative. A Ki-67 immunostain marks rare basal cells.
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==Radiation changes of the endocervical epithelium==
==Radiation changes of the endocervical epithelium==
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