Ciliated carcinoma

Uterus
Carcinoma
Ciliated carcinoma

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 20 January 2017, last major update October 2011

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Table of Contents

Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Cytology description | Differential diagnosis

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Definition / general

Rare subtype of well differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma with good prognosis (Int J Gynecol Pathol 1983;2:1)
May derive from complex ciliated metaplasia

Microscopic (histologic) description

Neoplastic glands composed predominantly or exclusively of ciliated cells with stromal invasion
Minimal atypia

Microscopic (histologic) images

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Irregular glands invading deeply in the myometrium are lined predominantly by ciliated cells

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Irregular glands invading deeply in the myometrium are lined predominantly by ciliated cells

Cytology description

Ciliated neoplastic cells, intracytoplasmic ciliary cysts, complex epithelial stratification (Diagn Cytopathol 1997;16:78)

Differential diagnosis

Ciliated cell metaplasia: no invasion