Research Article

Primary Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Cervix: A Clinical Analysis of 18 Cases without Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol

Table 1

Patients’ clinical characteristics ().

Characteristics (%)

Age distribution
 Median age53
 Age < 453 (16.7)
 Age ranges from 45 to 6012 (66.7)
 Age ≥ 603 (16.7)
Clinical symptoms
 Irregular vaginal bleeding12 (66.7)
 Contact vaginal bleeding2 (11.1)
 Abnormal vaginal discharge3 (16.7)
 Unknown1
Childbearing history
 Nulliparous2 (11.1)
 Parous16 (83.3)
Menopausal status
 Premenopausal6 (33.3)
 Postmenopausal11 (61.1)
 Cervical stump1 (5.6)
Macropathology
 Endocervical type12 (66.7)
 Exogenic type2 (11.1)
 Endogen type2 (11.1)
 Ulcer type1 (5.6)
 Unknown1 (5.6)
Tumor size (cm)
 ≤4 cm5 (27.8)
 >4 cm11 (61.1)
 Unknown2 (11.1)
HPV-DNA ()
 Positive1 (11.1)
 Negative8 (88.9)
TCT ()
 Positive4 (66.7)
 Negative2 (33.3)
FIGO stage
 I10 (55.6)
 II3 (16.7)
 III4 (22.2)
 IV1 (5.6)
FIGO stage
 IB1-IIA111 (61.1)
 IIA2-IV7 (38.9)
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
 Yes2 (11.1)
 No16 (88.9)
Surgery
 Yes17 (94.4)
 No1 (5.6)
Extent of surgery ()
 RAH + BSO + PL13 (76.5)
 RAH + BSO + PL + PAL2 (11.8)
 EH + BSO1 (5.8)
 RECS1 (5.8)
Cervical invasion ()
 <1/36 (35.3)
 Full-thickness11 (64.7)
LVSI
 Yes1 (5.8)
 No16 (94.1)
PLN metastasis ()
 Yes4 (26.7)
 No11 (73.3)
Endometrial/uterine corpus metastasis ()
 Yes4 (25)
 No12 (75)
Ovarian metastasis ()
 Yes1 (6.7)
 No14 (93.3)
Adjuvant treatment ()
 PPBC4 (36.4)
 PR1 (9.1)
 PPBC + PR4 (36.4)
 NC + PR2 (18.2)

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.