Mucin production in cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia.
Fifty sections showing cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia grade III were stained with mucicarmine and periodic acid-Schiff reagents to demonstrate mucin production. Seven of these showed mucin within the neoplastic cells (14%); these cases were considered to be a form of adenosquamous carcinoma in situ and lend support to the hypothesis that invasive adenosquamous carcinomas arise from an indifferent reserve cell.
Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Cape Town.
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MD
Forder
A J
AJ
Tiltman
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009077:Mucins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*
D009077:Mucins