title: Cytologic features of primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the uterine cervix. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the cervix is a rare, aggressive neoplasm generally found in postmenopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cervical cytology specimen was obtained by endocervical brush from an 80-year-old woman with histologically confirmed primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the cervix. Both small cells arranged in a cribriform (cylindromatous) pattern and moderately dysplastic squamous cells (high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion) were evident.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the endocervical brush technique may yield well-preserved cells and tissue fragments morphologically characteristic of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the cervix, confusion with more common tumors, such as endometrial adenocarcinoma, still may create cytologic diagnostic difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ravinsky
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Safneck
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chantziantoniou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears