Diverse glandular pathologies coexist with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in cyto-histological review of atypical glandular cells on thin prep specimens

Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 351-358

  Kumar, N ^a   Bongiovanni, M ^a   Molliet, M J ^a   Pelte, M F ^a   Egger, J F ^a   Pache, J C ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atypical glandular cells; Bethesda system 2001; Cervical cancer; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cytodiagnosis; Diagnosis; Endocervical gland extension; Liquid based cytology; Squamous intraepithelial lesion; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CELL DAMAGE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449461364     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2008.00568.x     Document Type: Review

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