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ENDOMETRIAL METAPLASIAS, HYPERPLASIAS, ADENOCARCINOMAS


ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMAS; OTHER TYPES


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NAME

FEATURE

PAPILLARY SEROUS CARCINOMA

  • Complex papillary pattern
  • High degree of cytologic atypia (nuclear pleomorphism, hyperchromasia, giant nucleoli)
  • Abundant mitosis
  • Extensive necrosis
  • Psammoma bodies
  • Associations (Endometrioid adenocarcinoma, Ovarian papillary serous carcinoma, Occuring in a polyp)

CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA

  • Large clear cells with cytoplasmic glycogen
  • Papillary projections
  • Hobnail cells

SMALL CELL CARCINOMA

  • Resembling small cell carcinomas of other ograns
  • Positive for NSE
  • Rarely positive for chromogranin

SQUAMOUS CELL CARICNOMA

  • Rare
  • Elderly patient
  • Occurs in association with pyometra