Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2011 Feb;54(2):111-114. 10.5468/KJOG.2011.54.2.111.

A case of adenoid basal cell carcinoma in uterine cervix

• Cho YH
• Choi JH
• Jung H

• KMID: 2037501
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2011.54.2.111

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.

Keyword

Adenoid basal cell carcinoma; Adenoid cystic carcinoma

MeSH Terms

Adenoids
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
Cervix Uteri
Female
Humans
Hysterectomy
Prognosis
Pyometra
Rare Diseases

Figure

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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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