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Lesions of the Female Genital Tract

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The Histology of Borderline Cancer

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Borderline lesions are fully represented in the female genital tract. Mostly they form relatively well-recognised groups: the vulvar skin dystrophies; dysplasia, and in situ and microinvasive carcinoma of the cervix; the overgrowths of the endometrium and myometrium; the commoner neoplasms of ovary; and aberrancies of trophoblast.

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