Decidual change in pelvic lymph nodes: a source of possible diagnostic error.
The presence of heterotopic decidual tissue in the sinuses of a pelvic lymph node from a pregnant patient with cervical carcinoma is described. The diagnostic implications are discussed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003656:Decidua / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D010388:Pelvis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*