[Surprise in abrasion diagnostics]

Pathologe. 2015 May;36(3):317-20. doi: 10.1007/s00292-015-0021-3.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Typical localizations of gynecological squamous cell carcinomas are the cervix, vulva and vagina and are therefore not uncommonly diagnosed in curettages. A differentiation from reactive hyperplastic alterations with a possible invasiveness in samples taken from the surface of the special type of well-differentiated verrucous squamous cell carcinoma can be difficult. This pitfall of such a tumor is presented in the case described here with corresponding diagnostic difficulties.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology
  • Cervix Uteri / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dilatation and Curettage
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Endometrium / pathology
  • Epithelial Cells / pathology
  • Fallopian Tubes / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / surgery