Unusual form of superficial spreading microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix involving the endometrium of uterus.
Microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a recognized entity and is defined as carcinoma with invasion of less than 5 mm penetration of the stroma and seldom metastasized. Our patient was a 70-year-old, multiparous woman who had a microinvasive, cervical, squamous cell carcinoma. The tumor had spread superficially into the entire endometrial cavity up to the fundus, totally replacing the columnar epithelium. This is an extremely rare phenomenon, with fewer than 20 cases reported so far in the literature.
Tan
Geok Chin
GC
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. tan_geock_chin@yahoo.com
Isa
Mohamed Rose
MR
Ng
Soon Pheng
SP
Jamil
Yassin Muhd Abd
YM
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology