• Medicine · Oct 2024

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    Cytologic features of gastric-type endocervical adenocarcinoma: Three cases report and literature review.

    • Anchun Liu, Maiqing Yang, Hao Zou, Xiaolin Gong, and Chang Zeng.
    • Department of Pathology, Yueyang Central Hospital, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Oct 25; 103 (43): e40149e40149.

    RationaleCervical gastric-type adenocarcinoma shows gastric differentiation, and the tumor cell morphology appears benign and unrelated to human papillomavirus, which makes cervical gastric-type adenocarcinoma highly susceptible to misdiagnosis as normal glandular epithelium in cytologic diagnosis.Patient ConcernsWe present 3 cases of gastric-type adenocarcinoma, with the first being a 57-year-old female with abnormal uterine bleeding and fluid drainage. The second patient was a 63-year-old female, and the third was a 59-year-old female with irregular vaginal bleeding after menopause.DiagnosisThe 3 patients were diagnosed with cervical gastric-type adenocarcinoma by combining their history, clinical data, cytopathology, histopathology, and immunohistochemistry.InterventionsPatient 1 underwent total hysterectomy and adnexectomy, but refused radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Patient 2 received a chemotherapeutic regimen, and patient 3 was treated with traditional Chinese medicine.OutcomesPatient 1 was followed-up for 9 months and is currently in good general condition, while patients 2 and 3 were not followed-up.LessonsThe "drunken honeycomb" cell arrangement is diagnostically important in liquid-based cytology, especially when three-dimensional spheroids are present, and may be a characteristic cytological finding of well-differentiated cervical gastric-type adenocarcinoma.Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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