Unusual form of superficial spreading microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix involving the endometrium of uterus

J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2004 Oct;30(5):363-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2004.00210.x.

Abstract

Microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a recognized entity and is defined as carcinoma with invasion of less than 5 mm penetration of the stroma and seldom metastasized. Our patient was a 70-year-old, multiparous woman who had a microinvasive, cervical, squamous cell carcinoma. The tumor had spread superficially into the entire endometrial cavity up to the fundus, totally replacing the columnar epithelium. This is an extremely rare phenomenon, with fewer than 20 cases reported so far in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Endometrium / pathology*
  • Epithelium / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malaysia
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology