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Diffuse Laminar Endocervical Hyperplasia

MedGen UID:
927221
•Concept ID:
C4289689
•
Pathologic Function

Definition

A benign band-like proliferation of tightly-packed, small to medium sized endocervical glands below the surface of the endocervical canal. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDiffuse Laminar Endocervical Hyperplasia

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diffuse laminar endocervical glandular hyperplasia. A benign lesion often confused with adenoma malignum (minimal deviation adenocarcinoma).
Jones MA, Young RH, Scully RE
Am J Surg Pathol 1991 Dec;15(12):1123-9. PMID: 1746679

Diagnosis

Pseudoneoplastic glandular lesions of the uterine cervix: a selective review.
Nucci MR
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2014 Jul;33(4):330-8. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000139. PMID: 24901392
Diffuse laminar endocervical glandular hyperplasia: a case report.
Dainty LA, Krivak TC, Webb JC, Zahn CM, Elkas JC, Chernofsky MR, Rose GS, Maxwell GL
Int J Gynecol Cancer 2009 Aug;19(6):1091-3. doi: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a839d3. PMID: 19820374
Mitotic activity and apoptosis in endocervical glandular lesions.
Moritani S, Ioffe OB, Sagae S, Dahmoush L, Silverberg SG, Hattori T
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2002 Apr;21(2):125-33. doi: 10.1097/00004347-200204000-00004. PMID: 11917221
Diffuse laminar endocervical glandular hyperplasia.
Maruyama R, Nagaoka S, Terao K, Honda M, Koita H
Pathol Int 1995 Apr;45(4):283-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1995.tb03457.x. PMID: 7550997
Pseudoneoplastic glandular lesions of the uterine cervix.
Young RH, Clement PB
Semin Diagn Pathol 1991 Nov;8(4):234-49. PMID: 1759058

Prognosis

Diffuse laminar endocervical glandular hyperplasia. A benign lesion often confused with adenoma malignum (minimal deviation adenocarcinoma).
Jones MA, Young RH, Scully RE
Am J Surg Pathol 1991 Dec;15(12):1123-9. PMID: 1746679

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