title: Adnexal malignancy detected by cervical cytology.
abstract: These case presentations are submitted to focus attention on positive (Class V) cervicovaginal cytologic results compatible with adenocarcinoma in the face of benign endocervical and endometrial tissue and in the absence of clinically detectable adnexal disease. Two patients were found to have primary ovarian malignancy, and one patient had adenocarcinoma of the distal end of the right Fallopian tube. Provided that there is confidence in the cytologic diagnosis and that primary disease has been ruled out elsewhere, the clinician is encouraged to utilize additional diagnostic methods, such as laparoscopic visualization of the pelvis and peritoneal fluid studies, in an attempt to facilitate early diagnosis of nonpalpable adnexal disease.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears