Adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix with choriocarcinomatous and hepatoid differentiation: report of a case.
A case of adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix that showed choriocarcinomatous and hepatoid differentiation was encountered in a 65-year-old woman. She presented with genital bleeding and had multiple metastatic nodules in the lungs. At operation, a large, hemorrhagic, and necrotic tumor was found in the uterine cervix. The major portion of the tumor consisted of typical choriocarcinoma admixed with minor areas of hepatoid carcinoma and endocervical adenocarcinoma. Human chorionic gonadotropin and alpha-fetoprotein were detected in tumor cells in the choriocarcinomatous and hepatoid areas, respectively. The patient died of pulmonary metastasis 4 months after the operation. The coexistence of choriocarcinomatous and hepatoid carcinoma in an endocervical adenocarcinoma has not been reported previously. Both heterotopic components were probably derived from aberrant differentiation (or neometaplasia) of the somatic epithelial cells of the endocervical adenocarcinoma.
Shintaku
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Department of Pathology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Kariya
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Shime
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Ishikura
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins