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Cystic fibrosis involving the cervix, mimicking a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma: a case report.

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Previs, RA; Edwards, JM; Secord, AA; Nucci, MR; Bentley, RC; Hall, AHS
Published in: Int J Gynecol Pathol
January 2014

We describe clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical features of an unusual case of cystic fibrosis manifesting in the cervix as a mass lesion, mimicking cervical adenocarcinoma. A 24-year-old nulligravida with cystic fibrosis developed heavy postcoital vaginal bleeding 4 months after starting oral contraceptives and was found to have a cervical mass. She underwent a loop electrosurgical excision of the mass, and microscopic examination revealed a florid endocervical proliferation, extending to the margins. This lesion was initially interpreted as an invasive, well-differentiated endocervical adenocarcinoma. However, on subsequent review, the lesion was found to have a low rate of proliferation, no evidence of an infiltrative growth pattern, and abundant acute inflammation. Given these findings and the absence of any residual endocervical lesion on a subsequent cold knife conization, we determined that this was a benign, likely reactive, lesion. This case, together with previous studies, suggests that women with cystic fibrosis can develop proliferative endocervical lesions and that oral contraceptives may contribute to their development.

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Published In

Int J Gynecol Pathol

DOI

EISSN

1538-7151

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

33

Issue

1

Start / End Page

100 / 104

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Pathology
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • 3215 Reproductive medicine
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
 

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Previs, R. A., Edwards, J. M., Secord, A. A., Nucci, M. R., Bentley, R. C., & Hall, A. H. S. (2014). Cystic fibrosis involving the cervix, mimicking a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma: a case report. Int J Gynecol Pathol, 33(1), 100–104. https://doi.org/10.1097/PGP.0b013e318278b832
Previs, Rebecca A., James M. Edwards, Angeles A. Secord, Marisa R. Nucci, Rex C. Bentley, and Allison H. S. Hall. “Cystic fibrosis involving the cervix, mimicking a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma: a case report.Int J Gynecol Pathol 33, no. 1 (January 2014): 100–104. https://doi.org/10.1097/PGP.0b013e318278b832.
Previs RA, Edwards JM, Secord AA, Nucci MR, Bentley RC, Hall AHS. Cystic fibrosis involving the cervix, mimicking a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma: a case report. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2014 Jan;33(1):100–4.
Previs, Rebecca A., et al. “Cystic fibrosis involving the cervix, mimicking a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma: a case report.Int J Gynecol Pathol, vol. 33, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 100–04. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/PGP.0b013e318278b832.
Previs RA, Edwards JM, Secord AA, Nucci MR, Bentley RC, Hall AHS. Cystic fibrosis involving the cervix, mimicking a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma: a case report. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2014 Jan;33(1):100–104.

Published In

Int J Gynecol Pathol

DOI

EISSN

1538-7151

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

33

Issue

1

Start / End Page

100 / 104

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Pathology
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • 3215 Reproductive medicine
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine