Carcinoid tumor of the uterine cervix

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1983;62(5):539-40. doi: 10.3109/00016348309154233.

Abstract

A case of well differentiated carcinoid in the uterine cervix in a 60-year-old white woman is presented, with histochemical and ultrastructural examinations. The patient was treated by hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection. No systemic endocrine manifestations were detected. The patient is alive and free from recurrence 11 months after detection of the tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterus / pathology
  • Uterus / ultrastructure