Diagnosing invasion for high-risk HPV-related (usual type) endocervical adenocarcinomas High-risk HPV-related endocervical adenocarcinomas can exhibit a variety of patterns of invasion, ranging from ...

Patterns of care in Medicaid-enrollees with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

We report on four cases of endocervical adenocarcinoma associated with lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia using histochemical and immunohistochemical analyses. The patients ranged in age from ...

Objective. This study aimed to estimate dysplasia rate in histologically evaluated endocervical polyps and to compare histological and clinical characteristics of dysplastic (D) polyps with those ...

Mutational landscape of cervical cancer identified by prospective clinical sequencing in a nationwide cancer network.

Mrs. McTavish is a 25-year old patient whose Papanicolaou (Pap) test results have come back from the laboratory. The smear is described as satisfactory for evaluation; however, it is noted that an ...

Endocervical curettage is done after an abnormal Pap test to check for disease. The procedure involves scraping a tissue sample from the cervix with a spoon-shaped tool called a curette. The tissue is ...

When is it appropriate to repeat a Pap smear? When reviewing Pap smear results with absent endocervical cells, what is the recommended next step? When reviewing Pap smear results with absent ...

When is endocervical curettage (ECC) recommended as part of the evaluation of postmenopausal vaginal bleeding? —Mary McCrossan, MD, Wilmington, Del. ECC is warranted in a woman with postmenopausal ...