title: Psammoma bodies found in cervicovaginal and/or endometrial smears.
abstract: Eight cases of the unusual occurrence of psammoma bodies associated with adenocarcinoma cells in cervicovaginal and/or endometrial smears are presented. Three of the eight cases were advanced ovarian cancers, four were primary endometrial adenocarcinomas, and one was a metastasis of breast cancer to the pouch of Douglas. From our histologic and histochemical observations, psammoma bodies seem to be secretory rather than degenerative in origin.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004312:Douglas' Pouch; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears