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Cho, Choi, and Jung: A case of adenoid basal cell carcinoma in uterine cervix
Case Report
Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2011; 54(2): 111-114.

Published online: 16 February 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2011.54.2.111

A case of adenoid basal cell carcinoma in uterine cervix

Young Hwa Cho, MD, Ji Hyun Choi, MD, Hyuk Jung, MD, PhD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea.

Corresponding author: Hyuk Jung, MD, PhD. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chosun University of College of Medicine, 588 Seoseok-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-709, Korea. Tel: +82-62-220-3092, Fax: +82-62-232-2310, bimilo@hanmail.net

Received 3 September 2010       Revised 26 November 2010       Accepted 8 December 2010

Copyright © 2011. Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Abstract

Adenoid basal cell carcinoma of uterine cervix is very rare disease and is common to postmenopausal women. Adenoid basal cell carcinoma does not make certain type of lesion. So adenoid basal cell carcinoma is hard to find. Differentiation between adenoid basal cell carcinoma from adenoid cystic carcinoma is significant because prognosis of Adenoid basal carcinoma is less severe. We report patient who underwent hysterectomy under the diagnosis of pyometra. She was diagnosed with adenoid basal cell carcinoma by biopsy after surgery.

Keywords: Adenoid basal cell carcinoma, Adenoid cystic carcinoma

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Fig. 1
Transvaginal ultrasonographic image of hypoechoic lesion in uterus.
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Fig. 2
Uterus after surgery and fixation with formalin.
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Fig. 3
(A) Low power view of rounded nests of basaloid cells infiltrating muscle layer. The tumor is characterized with small nests with scant cytoplasm (↓) (H&E, ×40). (B) Note the peripheral palisading of tumor cells (↑) and gland formation (→) (H&E, ×100).
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