[Focus on mucinous adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix]

Abstract

Cancer of the uterine cervix is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women. Squamous cell carcinoma is the first type of cervical cancer (about 75% of cases), and adenocarcinoma the second. Adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix were redefined in the 2014 WHO classification. Endocervical adenocarcinoma, usual type, is the mose common. Mucinous adenocarcinoma were classified by this classification into different subtypes: gatric type, intestinal type and signet-ring cell type. This literature review shows the caracteristics of these various subtypes of cervical cancer, little known. These are physiopathological, clinical, cytological histological, pronostic caracteristics, and their treatments.

Keywords: Adénocarcinome mucineux; Cellules en bague à chaton; Col utérin; Gastric type; Intestinal type; Mucinous adenocarcinoma; Signet-ring cells; Type gastrique; Type intestinal; Uterine cervix.