Carcinoid tumor of the uterine cervix.
A case of well differentiated carcinoid in the uterine cervix in a 60-year-old white woman is presented, with histochemical and ultrastructural examinations. The patient was treated by hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection. No systemic endocrine manifestations were detected. The patient is alive and free from recurrence 11 months after detection of the tumor.
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure