Clinical significance of atypical glandular cells in the Bethesda system 2001: a comparison with the histopathological diagnosis of surgically resected specimens

Cancer Invest. 2014 May;32(4):105-9. doi: 10.3109/07357907.2014.880453. Epub 2014 Feb 27.

Abstract

Forty-one patients diagnosed with atypical glangular cells (AGC) underwent surgery, and the histopathological diagnosis results for the resected specimens and the clinical features were analyzed. Out of 41 patients, final pathological diagnosis was endometrial cancer in 13 patients, cervical adenocarcinoma in 8, AIS in 7, CIN3 in 6, others in 2, and no lesions in 5. In comparison with previous reports, malignant or premalignant lesions were detected more frequently in patients with AGC who underwent surgery. We believe that conization or hysterectomy aimed at diagnosis and treatment, as well as endometrial histodiagnosis, should be carried out aggressively in patients with AGC.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Conization
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Precancerous Conditions / pathology*
  • Precancerous Conditions / surgery
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / pathology*
  • Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / surgery
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / surgery