title: Glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix--a case report with review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Glassy cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a rare neoplasm, first described by Gluksman and Cherry in 1956. It is a poorly differentiated adenosquamous carcinoma, comprising about 1-2% of all cervical cancers.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of glassy cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix in 67-year-old female, nullipara, diagnosed two months after symptom onset, in IV-B stage of the disease according to the FIGO classification scale. Cervical smear test obtained three years previously was normal She was offered a palliative antihemorrhagic radiotherapy of the pelvis and palliative chemotherapy with paclitaxel-carboplatin combination. The patient died within six months of diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We present a case of a rare carcinoma of the uterine cervix with quick progression and poor outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw. kkaczynska@wum.edu.pl
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosińiska-Kaczyńska
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mazanowska
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bomba-Opoń
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Horosz
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marczewska
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wielgoś
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*