title: Radical hysterectomy for cervical carcinoma in pregnant women--a case of decidua mimicking metastatic carcinoma in pelvic lymph nodes.
abstract: Intraoperative histology is commonly used to guide the treatment of women with carcinoma of the cervix. We present a case where frozen section of the pelvic lymph nodes from a pregnant woman was suggestive of metastatic cervical carcinoma but final histology showed only decidual change.
authors.affiliation: Gynecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Wentworthville, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hogg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ungár
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hazslinszky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003656:Decidua / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D010388:Pelvis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*