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  • Title: Cytologic features of primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the uterine cervix. A case report.
    Author: Ravinsky E, Safneck JR, Chantziantoniou N.
    Journal: Acta Cytol; 1996; 40(6):1304-8. PubMed ID: 8960045.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the cervix is a rare, aggressive neoplasm generally found in postmenopausal women. CASE: A cervical cytology specimen was obtained by endocervical brush from an 80-year-old woman with histologically confirmed primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the cervix. Both small cells arranged in a cribriform (cylindromatous) pattern and moderately dysplastic squamous cells (high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion) were evident. CONCLUSION: Although the endocervical brush technique may yield well-preserved cells and tissue fragments morphologically characteristic of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the cervix, confusion with more common tumors, such as endometrial adenocarcinoma, still may create cytologic diagnostic difficulties.
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