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| A 40-year-old previously healthy female reported to her physician for recent onset of abnormal uterine bleeding. A physical examination revealed an enlarged uterus of approximately 16-week gestational size. An endometrial curettage revealed invasive adenocarcinoma with signet-ring cells features. A systemic workup revealed a primary appendiceal tumor with extensive involvement of the ileum, cecum, omentum, and uterus, including the cervix. | ||
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| Endometrium. HE, 20× | Endometrium. HE, 20× | |
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| Endometrium. HE, 40× | ||
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| Uterine cervix. HE, 2× | Uterine cervix. HE, 10× | |
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| Uterine cervix. HE, 20× | Uterine cervix. HE, 40× | |
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| Uterine cervix. HE, 40× | Myometrium. HE, 40× | |
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| Appendix. HE, 10× | Appendix. HE, 20× | |
| Source: Dr. Ronald Leonard. Cytocheck Laboratory, LLC. Parsons, Kansas 67357, USA Department of Pathology, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE Photo: Zenggang Pan Discussion: Zenggang Pan | ||