Adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix--an enigma.
Adenoma malignum is a rare variant of cervical adenocarcinoma which presents a great diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to an oncologist. A 31-year-old woman presented with a mass filling up whole of the vagina which showed no evidence of malignancy by scraping cytology or punch biopsy. But histological examination of the resected mass turned up to be adenoma malignum of the cervix. The patient was subsequently treated by Wertheim's hysterectomy and radiotherapy.
Department of Radiotherapy, NRS Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata 700014.
Subhankar
S
Dasgupta
Ranen Kanti
RK
Aich
Asit Ranjan
AR
Deb
Phalguni
P
Gupta
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery