Carcinosarcoma of the uterine cervix: a light and electron microscopic study.

Publication/Presentation Date

7-1-1981

Abstract

A case of carcinosarcoma of the uterine cervix is presented. Light microscopic and ultrastructural features of the tumor are described. While the epithelial component had the appearance of a carcinoma arising from endocervical epithelium, the stromal component was composed of malignant smooth muscle cells together with some cells having the charactristics of malignant fibroblasts. The tumor is considered to arise from the müllerian tract mesoderm and to be part of the spectrum of tumors which range from the totally benign adenofibroma to the malignant heterologous mixed mesodermal tumor.

Volume

48

Issue

1

First Page

161

Last Page

169

ISSN

0008-543X

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

7237382

Department(s)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Document Type

Article

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