title: Cervical verrucous carcinoma involving endometrium. Case report.
abstract: A case report of verrucous carcinoma of the cervix is presented. Verrucous carcinoma is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma with distinct clinical and histopathologic features, with a favorable prognosis. A 32-year-old woman had an abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral ovary transposition. Intravaginal brachytherapy using cesium 137 in a total dose of 60 Gy 0.5 cm from the vaginal layer was performed. Five year disease-free follow-up was observed. Macro- and microscopic examination of the tissue after hysterectomy was performed. The full thickness of the tumor is necessary for histopathological assessment. The cytology or superficial and simple biopsy may be misdiagnosed. The differentiating diagnosis among condyloma acuminata, verrucous carcinoma and invasive squamous cell carcinoma was analysed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology Oncological Centre, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szczepulska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nasierowska-Guttmejer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bidziński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018289:Carcinoma, Verrucous / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*