Difference between revisions of "Uterine cervix"

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*[[PAS stain]] - marks plasma membrane.<ref name=pmid15318016>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Deshpande | first1 = AH. | last2 = Kotwal | first2 = MN. | last3 = Bobhate | first3 = SK. | title = Glassy cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix a rare histology. Report of three cases with a review of the literature. | journal = Indian J Cancer | volume = 41 | issue = 2 | pages = 92-5 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 15318016 | URL = http://www.indianjcancer.com/text.asp?2004/41/2/92/12353}}</ref>
*[[PAS stain]] - marks plasma membrane.<ref name=pmid15318016>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Deshpande | first1 = AH. | last2 = Kotwal | first2 = MN. | last3 = Bobhate | first3 = SK. | title = Glassy cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix a rare histology. Report of three cases with a review of the literature. | journal = Indian J Cancer | volume = 41 | issue = 2 | pages = 92-5 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 15318016 | URL = http://www.indianjcancer.com/text.asp?2004/41/2/92/12353}}</ref>


==Villoglandular papillary adenocarcinoma==
==Villoglandular adenocarcinoma==
*[[AKA]] ''well-differentiated papillary villoglandular adenocarcinoma''<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fadare | first1 = O. | last2 = Zheng | first2 = W. | title = Well-differentiated papillary villoglandular adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix with a focal high-grade component: is there a need for reassessment? | journal = Virchows Arch | volume = 447 | issue = 5 | pages = 883-7 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1007/s00428-005-0030-3 | PMID = 16088403 }}</ref>, [[AKA]] ''villoglandular papillary adenocarcinoma'', [[AKA]] ''well-differentiated villoglandular adenocarcinoma''.
===General===
===General===
*Rare.
*Rare.
*Younger patients and relatively good prognosis.<ref name=pmid19172445>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Korach | first1 = J. | last2 = Machtinger | first2 = R. | last3 = Perri | first3 = T. | last4 = Vicus | first4 = D. | last5 = Segal | first5 = J. | last6 = Fridman | first6 = E. | last7 = Ben-Baruch | first7 = G. | title = Villoglandular papillary adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix: a diagnostic challenge. | journal = Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand | volume = 88 | issue = 3 | pages = 355-8 | month =  | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1080/00016340902730359 | PMID = 19172445 }}</ref>
*Younger patients and relatively good prognosis.<ref name=pmid19172445>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Korach | first1 = J. | last2 = Machtinger | first2 = R. | last3 = Perri | first3 = T. | last4 = Vicus | first4 = D. | last5 = Segal | first5 = J. | last6 = Fridman | first6 = E. | last7 = Ben-Baruch | first7 = G. | title = Villoglandular papillary adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix: a diagnostic challenge. | journal = Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand | volume = 88 | issue = 3 | pages = 355-8 | month =  | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1080/00016340902730359 | PMID = 19172445 }}</ref>
*Associated with [[HPV]].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:<ref>{{Ref GP|180-1}}</ref>
*Villi.
*Papillary structures (nipple-like shapes with a fibrovascular core) that are long.
**Long >3:1 length:width.
*Covered by columnar (or cuboidal) epithelium.
*Intracellular mucin (focal).  


DDx:
DDx:
*Adenocarcinoma.
*Adenocarcinoma.
Images:
*www:
**[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=11&Case=560 VGA (webpathology.com)].


==Mucoepidermoid carcinoma==
==Mucoepidermoid carcinoma==
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