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Cytology of Endocervical Glandular Neoplasia

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Glandular Lesions of the Uterine Cervix

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Accepted cytologic criteria for the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in situ of the endocervix and variants are described and illustrated. The updated WHO histologic classification of endocervical adenocarcinoma is reviewed and the cytologic criteria for diagnosis are outlined. The cytologic features characteristic of “atypical glandular cells” are detailed. This category of cases includes cytologic presentations which are equivocal and therefore insufficient for an outright diagnosis of either adenocarcinoma in situ or invasive adenocarcinoma.

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    Rosemary H. Tambouret MD & David C. Wilbur MD

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Tambouret, R.H., Wilbur, D.C. (2015). Cytology of Endocervical Glandular Neoplasia. In: Glandular Lesions of the Uterine Cervix. Essentials in Cytopathology, vol 19. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1989-5_4

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