Endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma with a deceptive pattern of spread to the uterine cervix: A manifestation of stage IIB endometrial carcinoma liable to be misinterpreted as an independent carcinoma or a benign lesion

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1080-1088

  Tambouret, Rosemary ^a   Clement, Philip B ^b   Young, Robert H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endometrioid adenocarcinoma; Spread of endometrial cancer; Uterine cervix; Uterine corpus

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIAL ENDOMETRIOID ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESONEPHROS; METASTASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; STAINING; STROMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CERVIX UTERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0041343211     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200308000-00005     Document Type: Article

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