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Benign Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of the Cervix

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This chapter presents the most relevant epithelial, mesenchymal, and mixed benign neoplasms encountered in the uterine cervix. Compared to malignant lesions, benign neoplastic proliferations of the cervix are rare, but they often manifest clinically and may raise concern for a malignant process. The pathologist must be aware of these lesions and consider them in the differential diagnosis. The histomorphology is usually sufficient to determine the benign nature of these lesions, but on occasion, immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis may be required. Thorough sampling, and ideally, complete excision of the lesion is needed to confidently assign a benign diagnosis.

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Parra-Herran, C. (2021). Benign Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of the Cervix. In: Soslow, R.A., Park, K.J., Stolnicu, S. (eds) Atlas of Diagnostic Pathology of the Cervix. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49954-9_4

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