Cervical cancer pathophysiology
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Pathophysiology
Pathologic types
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, the precursor to cervical cancer, is often diagnosed on examiniation of cervical biopsies by a pathologist. Histologic subtypes of invasive cervical carcinoma include the following:
- squamous cell carcinoma (about 80-85%)
- adenocarcinoma
- adenosquamous carcinoma
- small cell carcinoma
- neuroendocrine carcinoma
Non-carcinoma malignancies which can rarely occur in the cervix include
Pathological Findings
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Uterus: Cervical Carcinoma: Gross, an excellent example of tumor (labeled as invasive)
Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology -
Histopathologic image (H&E stain) of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
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