Histopathology of female genital tract
Document Type
Book Chapter
Edition
Second Edition
ISBN
9789811512193
Editor
Shahid Pervez
Publication (Name of Journal)
Atlas of diagnostic and predictive histopathology
Department
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Publisher
Springer
City
Singapore
Abstract
Female genital tract (FGT) biopsies are among the commonest in routine diagnostic surgical pathology practice. This includes a large number of distinct non-neoplastic and neoplastic entities of the ‘vulva’, ‘vagina’, ‘cervix’, ‘uterus’ and ‘ovaries’ along with the ‘placenta’. Endometrial curetting alone poses a diagnostic challenge on daily basis with markedly varied normal and abnormal patterns. A large number of benign and malignant neoplasms arising from all these anatomical regions may also pose a baffling scenario as at times microscopic features are subtle and overlapping, making distinction an uphill task. This is where judicious use of immunohistochemical stains may make a big difference to clinch the correct diagnosis. In this chapter this aspect is kept in mind, and those histopathological features are highlighted which may greatly help to eliminate close differentials and mimickers.
Recommended Citation
Kayani, N.,
Idrees, R.,
Uddin, Z.
(2020). Histopathology of female genital tract. Atlas of diagnostic and predictive histopathology, 151-203.
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