title: Conservatively treated glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Very little data about the conservative treatment of early stage glassy cell cervical cancer have been reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 30-year old patient, nulligravida was admitted to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit of the Catholic University of Campobasso for irregular post-coital vaginal bleeding. The patients was staged as having FIGO stage IB1 (tumor diameter = 2 cm) squamous cervical cancer. After extensive counseling of the patient and her family, laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy and cold knife conization were performed. The final diagnosis was FIGO Stage IB1 glassy cell carcinoma. Currently, after a follow-up of 38 months, she has no evidence of disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We reported a case of early stage glassy cell cancer patient, who was conservatively treated by conization and laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Catholic University, Campobasso, Rome, Italy. gabriella.ferrandina@libero.it
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrandina
authors.forename: Vanda
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Salutari
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrillo
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scambia