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Cervical Cancer
Case of combined signet ring cell and glassy cell carcinoma reported
December 23rd, 2004
Pathologists in Japan recently described the case of a young Japanese woman presenting with combined signet ring cell and glassy cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. "Signet ring cell carcinoma and glassy cell carcinoma are both rare histological subtypes of uterine cervical cancer. This report is of a case of uterine cervical carcinoma arising in a 29-year-old woman who had major components of signet ring cell carcinoma and glassy cell carcinoma within the same tumor," wrote S. Moritani and colleagues, Nagoya National Hospital. "Histochemical and immunohistochemical analyses, including high and low molecular weight cytokeratins, p63, and MUC5AC,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-12-23)
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