Small Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium in a 23-year-old Woman: Light Microscopic and Ultrastructural Study

作者: Neelam B. Kumar

DOI: 10.1093/AJCP/81.1.98

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摘要: The case of a 23-year-old woman with primary small cell carcinoma the endometrium is reported. light microscopic features were similar to those lung and uterine cervix. Electron microscopy revealed cytoplasmic neurosecretory type granules indistinct junctions, characteristic neuroendocrine cells. neoplasm behaved in very aggressive manner, that quite unlike usual endometrial adenocarcinoma. Small carcinomas may have worse prognosis than better differentiated adenocarcinoma argyrophilic thus require adjuvant radiotherapy or chemotherapy both.

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