Synchronous high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and adenocarcinoma in situ of cervix in a young woman presenting with hyperchromatic crowded groups in the cervical cytology specimen: Report of a case

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 823-826

  Zafar, Nadeem ^a   Balazs, Louisa ^a   Benstein, Barbara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocervix; HPV; Hyperchromatic crowded groups; Ki 67; p16INK4A

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P67;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; WART VIRUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55549096042     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20932     Document Type: Article

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