Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2005 Jun;48(6):1569-1574.

A Case of Adenoid cystic Carcinoma in the Uterine Cervix

• Park HE
• Lee CJ
• Kim WG
• Kong EH
• Kim SH

Abstract

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is an uncommon adenocarcinoma type which affects mainly the salivary gland and respiratory system. In the female reproductive tract it occurs more commonly in Bartholin's gland and than in uterine cervix. Almost patients are postmenopausal women. The main presenting complaint is vaginal spotting having an abnormal pap smear. It has been diagnostically confused with adenoid basal carcinoma which has a somewhat different clinical course and pathology. The treatment should be individualized to the patients by local recurrence or distant metastasis. It shows relatively unfavorable survival. Recently we experienced a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma arising in the cervix after menopause, so we report this case with a brief review of literature.

Keyword

Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Cervix

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma
Adenoids*
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic*
Cervix Uteri*
Female
Humans
Menopause
Metrorrhagia
Neoplasm Metastasis
Pathology
Recurrence
Respiratory System
Salivary Glands