title: Vulvar adenosquamous carcinoma arising in a hidradenoma papilliferum, with rapidly fatal outcome: case report.
abstract: A 65-year-old woman with adenosquamous carcinoma of the vulva arising in a hidradenoma papilliferum died from disseminated tumor 2 months after local excision. The light and electron microscopic features of the lesion are presented. The possible origins of vulvar adenosquamous carcinoma are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, King George V Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bannatyne
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006607:Adenoma, Sweat Gland / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure