%0 Journal Article
%T Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Cervix: Case Report
%A Caroline Ribeiro
%A Cristiano Degasperi
%A Giovana Fontes Rosin
%A Isabella Osorio Wender
%A M¨¢rcia Appel Binda
%A Valentino Antonio Magno
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 888-893
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2019.96086
%X Adenoid
cystic carcinoma (ACC) is usually an epithelial neoplasm of the salivary glands
but can also occur in<span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the lacrimal glands and the mucous glands of the respiratory tract,
breasts and skin. Very rarely, it may affect the uterine cervix. We report here
a case of a woman with postmenopausal bleeding for 7 months, who on physical
examination presented</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">with a vegetative and friable tumor lesion in the uterine cervix,
measuring about 5 cm in diameter. The abdominal and pelvic computed tomography</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">scans
showed a hypodense and heterogeneous mass in the cervix and uterine isthmus.
Histopathological examination and immunohistochemical assays confirmed the
diagnosis of ACC. The different pathological aspects, therapeutic options and
prognostic factors of ACC are discussed.</span></span></span>
%K Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
%K Cervix
%K Uterine Cervix Cancer
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=93178