Adenoid basal carcinoma of uterine cervix: a case report

Abstract

Adenoid basal carcinoma of uterine cervix is a very rare entity that has been reported less than 100cases in the literature. Although the origin of the carcinoma is controversial; the multipotential basal celllayer of cervix is the believed part for tumor growth. A 54 years-old white postmenopausal woman wasreferred to our clinic with the complaint of postmenopausal bleeding. Her pelvic examination revealed atumor lesion of 1.5cm on the ectocervix. Her cervical and endometrial biopsies revealed an epithelialcarcinoma and we performed a radical hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and bilateralpelvic-paraaortic lymph node dissection. The final pathology result revealed adenoid basal carcinoma.Distinction of adenoid basal carcinoma from adenoid cystic carcinoma and other aggressive basaloidpathologies of cervix is important for the clinical management of patients since adenoid basal carcinomais benign in behaviour despite being a carcinoma.