title: Primary vaginal adenocarcinoma of the intestinal type associated with adenosis.
abstract: Primary vaginal adenocarcinoma unrelated to intrauterine hormone exposure is very uncommon. We report a case of a 52-year-old woman who presented with primary vaginal adenocarcinoma that showed intestinal differentiation with prominent papillary formations and numerous papillary and villous features with prominent goblet cells. There was vaginal adenosis in the immediate vicinity of the tumor. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a primary vaginal adenocarcinoma of the intestinal type associated with adenosis in a patient unexposed to prenatal diethylstilbesterol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaghsezian
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Palazzo
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Finkel
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Talerman
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*