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.
Case presentation: 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.