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==Adenosarcoma==
==Adenosarcoma==
===General===
===General===
Features:<ref name=pmid20179434>{{Cite journal  | last1 = McCluggage | first1 = WG. | title = Mullerian adenosarcoma of the female genital tract. | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | pages = 122-9 | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181cfe732 | PMID = 20179434 }}</ref>
*Uncommon.
*Uncommon.
*May prolapse through cervical os and thus present as [[cervical polyp]].
*Most commonly uterine corpus, occasionally cervix and ovary, rarely in the vagina, fallopian tube, peritoneal surfaces, intestine.
*Typically 30-40 years old.


Tx:  
Treatment:  
*TAH + BSO.
*TAH-BSO.
**Tumours are estrogen responsive.
===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1089>{{Ref PBoD|1089}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1089>{{Ref PBoD|1089}}</ref><ref name=pmid20179434/>
*"Malignant stroma" - '''key feature'''.
*"Malignant stroma" - '''key feature'''.
**Stromal nuclear pleomorphism.
**Stromal nuclear pleomorphism - usu. low grade.
**WHO criteria: 2+ mitoses / 10 HPF -- definition suffers from [[HPFitis]].
*Benign glands with an abnormal shape.
*Benign glands with an abnormal shape.
 
*"Cambium layer" = increased cellularity around the epithelial elements.<ref name=pmid20179434/><ref name=medilexicon_cambium/>


DDx:  
DDx:  
*Benign polyp.
*Benign polyp.
Notes:
*''Cambium layer'' - seen in: adenosarcoma, botryoid [[RMS]].<ref name=medilexicon_cambium>URL: [http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=48297 http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=48297]. Accessed on: 9 August 2011.</ref>


==Leiomyocarcoma==
==Leiomyocarcoma==
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