title: A case of microglandular adenocarcinoma of the endometrium.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Microglandular adenocarcinoma is a rare type of endometrium carcinoma and had some potential diagnostic problems with difficulties in discriminating from some malign and benign lesions of cervix.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 70-year-old woman misdiagnosed as cervical adenocarcinoma was referred to our clinic, and the lesion was ultimately evaluated as microglandular adenocarcinoma in repeat of endometrial curettage specimen. Postoperatively, histopathologic examination of specimen revealed grade 1 microglandular adenocarcinoma. To our best knowledge, this is the twelfth case of uterine carcinoma simulating microglandular hyperplasia in the literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because microglandular adenocarcinoma can be confused with benign lesions like microglandular hyperplasia and malignant lesions of cervix, we aim to discuss the clinical, demographic and immunohistochemical characteristics of the patients with microglandular adenocarcinoma useful in differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children Hospital, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, GATA Haydarpasa Medical School, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ates
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karateke
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haliloglu
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Atay
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gurbuz
authors.forename: Gozde
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kir
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology