Research Article
Primary Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Cervix: A Clinical Analysis of 18 Cases without Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol
Table 1
Patients’ clinical characteristics (
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| Characteristics | (%) |
| Age distribution | | Median age | 53 | Age < 45 | 3 (16.7) | Age ranges from 45 to 60 | 12 (66.7) | Age ≥ 60 | 3 (16.7) | Clinical symptoms | | Irregular vaginal bleeding | 12 (66.7) | Contact vaginal bleeding | 2 (11.1) | Abnormal vaginal discharge | 3 (16.7) | Unknown | 1 | Childbearing history | | Nulliparous | 2 (11.1) | Parous | 16 (83.3) | Menopausal status | | Premenopausal | 6 (33.3) | Postmenopausal | 11 (61.1) | Cervical stump | 1 (5.6) | Macropathology | | Endocervical type | 12 (66.7) | Exogenic type | 2 (11.1) | Endogen type | 2 (11.1) | Ulcer type | 1 (5.6) | Unknown | 1 (5.6) | Tumor size (cm) | | ≤4 cm | 5 (27.8) | >4 cm | 11 (61.1) | Unknown | 2 (11.1) | HPV-DNA () | | Positive | 1 (11.1) | Negative | 8 (88.9) | TCT () | | Positive | 4 (66.7) | Negative | 2 (33.3) | FIGO stage | | I | 10 (55.6) | II | 3 (16.7) | III | 4 (22.2) | IV | 1 (5.6) | FIGO stage | | IB1-IIA1 | 11 (61.1) | IIA2-IV | 7 (38.9) | Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | | Yes | 2 (11.1) | No | 16 (88.9) | Surgery | | Yes | 17 (94.4) | No | 1 (5.6) | Extent of surgery () | | RAH + BSO + PL | 13 (76.5) | RAH + BSO + PL + PAL | 2 (11.8) | EH + BSO | 1 (5.8) | RECS | 1 (5.8) | Cervical invasion () | | <1/3 | 6 (35.3) | Full-thickness | 11 (64.7) | LVSI | | Yes | 1 (5.8) | No | 16 (94.1) | PLN metastasis () | | Yes | 4 (26.7) | No | 11 (73.3) | Endometrial/uterine corpus metastasis () | | Yes | 4 (25) | No | 12 (75) | Ovarian metastasis () | | Yes | 1 (6.7) | No | 14 (93.3) | Adjuvant treatment () | | PPBC | 4 (36.4) | PR | 1 (9.1) | PPBC + PR | 4 (36.4) | NC + PR | 2 (18.2) |
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BSO, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; RAH, radical abdominal hysterectomy; PL, pelvic lymphadenectomy; PAL, paraaortic lymphadenectomy; EH, extrafascial hysterectomy; RECS: radical excision of cervical stump; PPBC: postoperative platinum-based chemotherapy.
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