WHO classification of uterine tumours
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Malignant neoplasms involving the uterus account for a significant proportion of all female cancers.
They can be classified as:
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endometrial carcinoma : commonest: >90% of all uterine malignancies
- endometrioid carcinoma of the uterus: commonest histological type, ~80%
- papillary serous carcinoma of the uterus: ~15%
- clear cell carcinoma of the uterus: ~1-5.5%
- adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterus: ~2%
- adenocarcinoma of the uterus with squamous differentiation: 0.25-0.5%
- undifferentiated carcinoma of the endometrium
- small cell
undifferentiedundifferentiated carcinoma of the endometrium
- small cell
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uterine sarcoma: ~5% of all uterine malignancies
- mixed
- malignant mixed Mullerian tumour of the uterus previously known ascarcinosarcoma of the uterus
- adenosarcoma of the uterus
- mixed uterine leiomyosarcoma and endometrial stromal sarcoma
- pure
- uterine leiomyosarcoma: ~33-50% of sarcomas
- endometrial stromal sarcoma: ~10% of sarcomas
- fibrosarcoma of the uterus: rare
- rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterus: rare
- liposarcoma of the uterus: rare
- angiosarcoma of the uterus: rare
- mixed
- gestational trophoblastic tumours
- uterine lymphoma
- malignancies that are not of the uterus, but can involve the uterus
- invasion of the uterus by
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metastases to the uterus from a non
gynaecolological-gynaecolological malignancy (rare but if it does occur, it is most commonly breast or stomach 3)
See also
- uterine smooth muscle tumours of uncertain malignant potential
-<li>undifferentiated carcinoma of the endometrium<ul><li>small cell undifferentied carcinoma of the endometrium</li></ul>- +<li>undifferentiated carcinoma of the endometrium<ul><li>small cell undifferentiated carcinoma of the endometrium</li></ul>
-<a title="metastases to the uterus" href="/articles/metastases-to-the-uterus">metastases to the uterus</a> from a non gynaecolological malignancy (rare but if it does occur, it is most commonly breast or stomach <sup>3</sup>)</li>- +<a href="/articles/metastases-to-the-uterus">metastases to the uterus</a> from a non-gynaecolological malignancy (rare but if it does occur, it is most commonly breast or stomach <sup>3</sup>)</li>
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