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Objective To analyze clinical outcome of high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) within 24 months after loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP),and to explore risk factors of recurrent cervical HSIL,the risk of progress into cervical cancer and methods of follow-up.Methods This retrospective study was carried out on 1 005 patients who underwent LEEP,diagnosing with HSIL after LEEP from January 2011 to December 2013 at Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University to confer the difference between non-recurrent group and recurrent group 24 months after the LEEP conization.Patients were followed with ThinPrep cytologic test (TCT),high risk HPV (HR-HPV) test,colposcopy guided biopsy.Results A total of 1 005 cases were enrolled in this study with HSIL in the LEEP specimen,no residual HSIL in the 6-month follow up,and have follow up records in 24 months after LEEP.HSIL recurred in 5 cases,microinvasive carcinoma in 1 case,low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) in 17 cases at 12 months follow-up.HSIL recurred in 8 cases,LSIL in 11 cases,adenocarcinoma in situ in 1 case,and invasive cervical carcinoma in 1 case in Ⅰ b1 stage at 24 months after LEEP.The recurrence rate was 1.3％ (13/1 005),and the progression rate was 0.3％ (3/1 005).There was no significant difference in age,length,circumference and width of LEEP between recurrent and non-recurrent patients (P ＞ 0.05).The recurrence rate was highest in the endocervical positive margin group with 3/16,which was higher than ectocervical positive margin and negative margin (P＜0.01,P=0.040,respectively).The recurrence rate of endocervical positive margin group and fibrous interstitial positive margin group showed no significant difference (P=0.320).There was no significant difference between ectocervical positive margin and negative margin [2.8％ (2/72) vs 0.7％ (6/882),P=0.117].Postoperative cytological examination combined with HR-HPV detection has a high sensitive and high negative predictor value of HSIL recurrence with both 100.0％.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that positive endocervical positive margin,abnormal follow-up cytological examination and positive HR-HPV after LEEP were independent factors affecting recurrence of HSIL patients after LEEP (P＜0.05).Conclusions Age,length,circumference and width of LEEP have no effect on recurrence within 24 months after HSIL.The high risk factors for HSIL recurrence within 24 months after LEEP in HSIL patients include:positive HPV,abnormal cytology,and positive endocervical positive margin.Colposcopy biopsy and endocervical curettage have important role in diagnosing HSIL recurrence and progression.
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Objective@#To identify underlying reasons for discrepant cases of positive cytology but negative histology.@*Methods@#Cases with positive cytology and negative histology from 2008 to 2016 were retrieved from Department of Pathology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University. Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion or higher grade lesions were considered as positive cytology test in the study. Consecutive follow-up biopsies and as well as sites of biopsy were documented for analysis.@*Results@#Overall positive rate of biopsy followed positive cytology was 74.3%(8 990/12 097). Of the negative biopsies, 675 cases were followed-up with multiple biopsy. Two-hundred and eighty-seven cases (42.5%, 287/675) were confirmed to have lesions. Comparing with those with initial positive biopsiews, patients of the latter group were significantly older and had other specimen types including vaginal biopsy, cone biopsy and hysterectomy. The final histological diagnoses were well correlated with cytological results (Kappa=0.505, P<0.01).@*Conclusions@#Qualified cervical cytology is complimentary to histological diagnosis. Clinicians should not ignore the positive cytological result prior to a normal histological diagnosis. In contradictory cases, repeated colposcopy and biopsy at extended anatomic sites may reveal additional lesions.
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Objective@#To describe the clinicopathological features of synchronous mucinous metaplasia and neoplasia of the female genital tract (SMMN-FGT). @*Methods@#The sample consisted of 7 cases of SMMN-FGT recorded from November 2014 to September 2017 at Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University.PAP method was used in immunohistochemistry.Clinical histories were retrieved and pathological slides were reviewed. @*Results@#The patients were 37 to 70 years old(mean 54 years old). All patients showed endometrial mucinous lesions associated with cervical lesions. Three cases were an admixture of minimal deviation adenocarcinoma(MDA) and gastrictype adenocarcinoma(GAS). Three cases were an admixture of lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia (LEGH), atypical LEGH and focal gastrictype adenocarcinoma in situ, one of which had early invasive gastrictype adenocarcinoma.Endometrium showed a structure of LEGH in one patient with focal simple gastric mucinous metaplasia in her cervix. Gastric mucinous differentiation was found in unilateral fallopian tube in 6 patients. Ovarian mucinous lesions were found in 3 patients. p16 was negative staining in 6 cases and positive in 1 case. CK7 was diffusely positive in all lesions. CK20 and CDX2 were negative or only focally positive.The expression of MUC6 was strongly positive staining or focal staining. p53 in GAS and GAS in situ had mutant expression, but wild expression in MDA region. Patients were followed up for 2 to 34 months and no recurrence was found. @*Conclusions@#SMMN-FGT is a series of rare mucinous lesions involving multiple areas of the female genital tract, including benign or malignant lesions with gastric differentiation. It is not related to infection with high-risk human papilloma virus. When cervical gastrictype lesions are found, SMMN-FGT should be considered and should be differentiated from metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma.
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Objective To analyze clinical outcome of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) half a year after loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) and explore the high risk factor of residual cervical HSIL.Methods The retrospective study was carried out on 1 502 patients who underwent LEEP,with HSIL in the LEEP histopathology from January 2011 to December 2013 at Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University to confer the difference between residual group and non-residual group after 6 months of the leep conization.Patients were followed with ThinPrep cytologic test (TCT),high risk HPV (HR-HPV) test,colposcopy guided biopsy (CBD) and endocervical curettage (ECC).The high risks of residual cervical HSIL was analyzed.Results Among 1 502 cases,48 (3.20％,48/1 502) cases suffered HSIL residual disease.Forty cases were diagnosed by CBD,4 cases were diagnosed by ECC.The other 4 cases were both positive in CBD and ECC.Residul rate were different among different age groups.The residual rate was higher in the age ≥50 years old compared to the age below 50 [9.70％ (16/165),2.39％ (32/1 337);x2=25.33,P＜0.01].For post-LEEP specimens,both circumference (2.5,2.8 cm;Z=-3.17,P＜0.01) and width [0.6,0.6 cm;Z=-2.88,P＜0.01) were less in HSIL lesion residual group than those in non-residual group,though length showed no obvious difference [1.5,1.5 cm;Z=-1.55,P＞0.05).The residual rate of leep positive margin was obviously higher than that in the negative margin group [6.77％ (18/266) vs 2.43％(30/1 236);x2=13.30,P＜0.01].Different positive margin had diverse residual rate,as positive endocervical margin was 16.07％ (9/56),positive margin undetermined was 7.29％ (7/96) and positive ectocervical margin was 3.33％ (4/120).Both positive endocervical margin and positive margin undetermined had a higher residual rate than residual rate (x2=26.99,P＜0.01;x2=4.24,P＜0.05).Abnormal cytology showed higher residual rate than the non-residual with significant difference [6.00％ (6/100) vs 1.29％ (14/1 083),x2=9.50,P＜0.01].In terms of the post-LEEP HR-HPV test follow-up,HR-HPV positive's residual rate was higher than that in the negative group [2.91％ (6/206) vs 0.96％ (7/727)],while there was no statistical significance (x2=3.10,P＞0.05).Multivariate logistic analysis showed that abnormal cytology in 6 month's follow-up post-LEEP conization was an independent risk factor on residual lesion (OR=3.75,P＜0.05).Conclusions Patient with age ≥50 years old and positive endocervical margin are high risk factors for the residual HSIL lesion after LEEP conization,especially for abnormal cytology during follow up is independent risk factor for residual lesion.Colposcopy directed biopsy and (or) ECC still play an indispendsable role in finding the HSIL residual lesion.
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Objective@#To investigate the clinicopathologic features of microcystic, elongated and fragmented (MELF) pattern invasion of endometrial adenocarcinoma.@*Methods@#HE and immunohistochemistry staining method were used to analysis morphologic features and immunophenotype of 72 patients of endometrial adenocarcinoma with MELF pattern invasion, and chi-square test was used to analysis the clinicopathologic features.@*Results@#The mean age of 72 patients was 54 years (40 to 70 years). Thirty-two patients were pre-menopausal and 40 were post-menopausal. According to the FIGO staging system (2014), 32 cases(44.4%)were at stage Ⅰ, 22 cases(30.6%)at stage Ⅱ, 17 cases(23.6%)at stage Ⅲ and 1 case(1.4%) at stage Ⅳ. Microscopically, MELF invasion showed microcystic, elongated slit-like or fragmented glands in myometrium and their lining cells usually were cube or flat, as well as the single or clusters of eosinophilic tumor cells mimicking histocytes. In addition, a fibromyxoid or inflammatory stromal response was often present.Immunohistochemical staining showed that MELF invasion was positive for p16, CA125 and CA19-9, but negative for ER, PR and p53.Compared with non-MELF pattern invasion, significant differences were noted in menopause pausimenia, FIGO stages, deep invasion into myometrium, lymph metastasis, lymphovascular space invasion (LVSL), serum CA125 and CA19-9 in patients with MELF pattern invasion (all P<0.05).@*Conclusions@#MELF pattern invasion of endometrial adenocarcinoma is characterized by advanced FIGO stage, deep myoinvasion, high metastasis rate to lymph node and LVSL. Pathologists should recognize the MELF invasion and evaluate the depth of myometrium of infiltration and LVSL with special attention to the presence of MELF invasion with necessary immunohistochemistry for more accurate pathological diagnosis.
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Objective To clarify the clinicopathological features of ovarian clear cell carcinoma derived from endometriotic cyst (EC-OCCC).Methods Totally 54 cases of EC-OCCC were recruited in the current retrospective study.The relation between ages, clinical symptoms and signs, surgical and pathological stages, serum CA125, findings of ultrasound, treatments and the sites of tumors, macro-and micro-features and expression of immunostainings were analyzed.Results (1) Clinical features: the ages of patients were (50±6) years old (range 31-62 years old).Pelvic mass was the major complaint of 50 patients (93％, 50/54).Forty-five cases belonged to International federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage Ⅰ, 4 cases were stage Ⅱ and another 5 cases were stage Ⅲ.Serum CA125 was elevated in 21 cases (54％, 21/39) before therapy.Doppler ultrasound showed 46 cases (85％, 46/54) had solid masses in pelvis.(2) Pathological findings: 52 cases (96％, 52/54) had their tumor unilaterally, and 2 cases (4％, 2/54) occurred bilaterally.The maximal diameters of endometriotic cyst (EC) ranged from 1.5 to 23.0 cm and maximal diameters of ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) components were from 0.5 to 12.0 cm.Fifty-one cases (94％, 51/54) had their tumor within EC, which showed focally irregular protrudings, grey-white papillae or solid nodules attached to the cyst wall.Three cases (6％, 3/54) appeared as irregular thickened wall of the cysts, ranged from 1.5 to 6.0 cm in the maximal length, with the microscopic features of EC and OCCC and the transitional areas between the 2 morphologies.All cases expressed cytokeratin (CK) 7 and pan-CK AE1/AE3, 17 cases (33％, 17/51) expressed ER and 5 cases (10％, 5/51) expressed PR.TP53 showed mutational phenotype in 19 cases (36％, 19/53).Sixteen cases (30％, 16/54) combined with uterine adenomyosis and 25 cases (46％, 25/54) with endometriosis at other sites.(3) Survival survey: during the period of 39.1 months follow-up, 3 cases relapsed and 2 cases died.(4) There was a significant difference of serum CA125 between patients of early-and advanced-stages (P=0.049).There were no differences identified in ages, diameters of EC and OCCC, the expression level of ER, PR and TP53, the co-existence of adenomyosis and endometrosis, as well as ultrasonic findings (P＞0.05).Conclusion EC-OCCC could be recognized in early stage by symptoms and ultrasound due to accompanied endometriotic cysts, resulting in relatively good prognosis.
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Purpose Polypoid endometriosis is an uncommon and distinctive variant of endometriosis, and its detailed histopathological features have been investigated and analysed. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed in 10 cases with polypoid endometrio-sis by comparing clinical data, histopathologic and immunohistochemical changes. Results The patients were 27 to 54 years ( mean 39. 4 years) of age. The most common clinical presentations were a pelvic mass. The intraoperative findings suggested a neoplasm. Sites of involvement in order of frequency included ovary, uterine serosa and cervix. Polypoid, pink, gray or tan masses ranged up to 9 cm in maximal dimension. On microscopic examination, the polypoid masses were composed of an admixture of endometriotic glands and stroma. Most commonly glandular architectural patterns were simple hyperplasia. Tubal epithelial metaplasia was common. The stroma was fibrous, resembling to some extent the stroma of the endometrial polyp and atypical stromal cells can be seen. Nine cases were associated with usual endometriosis. Follow-up data in nine patients indicated that all of patients were alive without evidence of re-sidual disease. The main lesion in the differential diagnosis is a mullerian adenosarcoma. Conclusion Polypoid endometriosis is a rare manifestation of endometriosis, and probably is overgrowth of local ectopic endometrium based on endometriosis. Understanding of such lesions is avoided misdiagnosing for other benign or malignant tumors on clincal, intraoperative or pathologic assesment, and influ-ences the clinical treatment.
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Objective To determine the prevalence of cervical type-specific human papillomavirus (HPV)infection as well as risk factors associated in Tibet Autonomous Region of China.Methods A cluster sampling study was performed in Lasa,Rikaze and Naqu of Tibet.An epidemiological questionnaire was applied and 3036 cervical specimens were obtained for liquid-based cytology and HPV DNA detection.Statistical analysis included Wald Chi-square and stepwise logistic regression model.Results The overall HPV prevalence of involved 3036 women was 9.19%(279/3036),of which 7.05%(214/3036)of the women were infected by high-risk types (including 14 sorts of types) and 2.14%(65/3036)by low-risk types(including 6 sorts of types).There were no significant differences of HPV prevalence between age groups(P=0.936),race(P=0.718)and areas(P=0.746),respectively.Twenty-one types of HPV were detected,of which HPV16(1.52%) was the most common type,followed by HPV33(1.42%).HPV58(1.22%),HPV52(1.15%),and HPV31(1.05%).HPV type distribution was varied by age.Of the 279 HPV infected women.14.3%(40/279)exhibited multiple HPV infections.Independent risk factors for HPV infection were smoking(P=0.027),number of sex partners(P=0.198)and early age of first intercourse(P=0.237).Conclusion The overall prevalence of HPV infection in Tibet Autonomous Region is lower than that in China or abroad,in which the most common genotype is HPV16 and the independent risk factors for HPV infection included early age of first intercourse,smoking,and number of Bex partners.
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Objective To investigate the chemosensitivity of ovarian cancer SKOV3ip1 multicellular aggregates to cisplatin and taxol and to explore the possible mechanisms accounting for the effect Methods Liquid overlay system was employed to obtain multicellular aggregates (MCA) We detected the resistance with trypan blue exclusion testing, clonogenic assay, cell cycle profiles and apoptosis with flow cytometry Results MCA cells showed higher cell viability than monolayer cells ( P =0 045 and P =0 003, respectively). After 40 ?mol/L cisplatin exposure for 12 hours, no clone (≥50 cells) was formed After 10 ?mol/L taxol exposure for 12 hours, the clone formation showed significant difference in 100 cell group between multicellular aggregates and monolayer cells ( P